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PHall | October 1, 2009
Have you ever had the following experience – you remember someone, but they don’t remember you? Do you remember what emotions you felt and experienced? The feelings could run the gamut from “Oh well” to “Oh…” to “I’m surprised” to “How dare you!” Looking from the outside, and seeing this happen, a different emotion might […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
Life can be painful; loneliness can be suffocating, obedience can be a struggle. Often our burdens come from our own sin. Some originate from God. Which is worse – to suffer because of disobedience, or to suffer because of obedience? Let’s first look at Jeremiah. God commanded Jeremiah not to marry.
PHall | September 30, 2009
[Coffman lists this chapter as offering solutions to life’s perplexities: charity (vv.1-6); cheerfulness (vv.7-9); piety (v.10)] Live Day to Day for Others 1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. [Extended Notes] 2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight [i.e., an idiom […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
Proverbs 1 Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. [The amount of perfume is greater than the amount of flies, but the effect of the flies is greater than the effect of the perfume. Likewise, it takes years to build up a good reputation and […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam. [We have all seen how a person’s face changes when they understand! Consternation furrows the brow. How this is connected to the following I do not know, other […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
Proverbs on Life and Death 1 A good name [i.e., reputation] is better than [Extended Notes] a good ointment [Prov.22:1; good ointment characterizes the good life. The house of feasting, etc.], And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. [Why is one’s death better than their birth? It depends […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 Then I looked again [4:7] at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. [Extended […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 [Extended Notes] There is an appointed time for everything [Extended Notes]. And there is a time for every event [lit., delight] under heaven– 2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill and a time […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
The Futility of Physical Pleasure 1 I said to myself [lit., in my heart], “Come now, I will test [nacah (5254) – a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:–adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try] you with pleasure [towb (2896) – from 2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a […]
PHall | September 30, 2009
Beginning with the Author: Solomon is Qualified 1 The words of the Preacher [Heb., Koheleth (6953) also spelled Qoheleth only occurs in Ecclesiastes; the modern title, Ecclesiastes, comes from the Latin word for preacher], the son of David, king in Jerusalem [Extended Notes].