Category: Wisdom & Poetry

The last chapter of Ecclesiastes discusses the challenges of aging through poetic metaphors, urging the youth to remember and serve their Creator while they still have strength. The Preacher emphasizes life’s vanity without God and the inevitable dark days of old age, culminating in a reminder of life’s brevity and impending judgment.

Now, we move on to chapter 11 for our Ecclesiastes 11 Commentary. And in this chapter, the Preacher in the first six verses gives us some good sound financial advice. And the advice is given in light of the unpredictability of life… Business Advice 11:1 Cast [send] thy bread [grain] upon the waters [overseas]: for…

Check out this Ecclesiastes 10 Commentary! So, in chapters 10 and 11 of this book, the Preacher is going to give us wise counsel on wisdom and folly, rulers, the unpredictability of life, speech, business, and your perspective on life. So, in chapter 10 verses 1 through 3, the Preacher begins by contrasting wisdom and…

We start our Ecclesiastes 9 commentary considering that death is inevitable. 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [he doesn’t know which he might experience —…

As we enter this Ecclesiastes 8 summary article, we remember that chapter 7 ended with considering our need of wisdom in dealing with the unjust. Now, the Preacher talks more about wisdom… External Marks of a Wise Man KJV Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation [solution] of a…

Enjoy this Ecclesiastes 7 Commentary! The value of difficult things over pleasant things So, in Ecclesiastes 7:1-14, the Preacher talks to us about the value of difficult things over pleasant things. We might notice that our life seems to be filled with difficult things – difficult people, difficult situations, problems that are over our head, etc. And…