ecclesiastes-4:12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Against him; against either of them. A threefold cord is not quickly broken; if a man have not only one, but two or more friends, he is so much the safer and the happier. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

CRITICAL NOTES.—Ecclesiastes 4:10. If they fall.] Not both together, but if one or the other falls. Ecclesiastes 4:12. A threefold cord.] Two cords would only suggest plurality, but three give the idea of strength. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Ecclesiastes 4:7-12PORTRAIT OF A MAMMON WORSHIPPERInstead of using the gifts of fortune wisely, and gaining favour with mankind, some only increase their misery by depriving life of its proper happiness. Here is the picture of a man who is possessed... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ecclesiastes 4:1-5:7 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon be over, but wretched because it lasted too long. All that pleasure did for him was thus to increase his gloom. There was one thing he had forgotten in making out his programme: he had forgotten the miseries of other people. The prosperity he secured for himself did not remove their adversity, but... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Chapter 4So I returned, and I considered all of the oppressions that are done under the sun: and the tears of those that are oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter ( Ecclesiastes 4:1 ).The philosophy, Might is right.Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which were yet alive ( Ecclesiastes 4:2 ).I looked at life and, man, you're better off dead than you are alive. Those that have... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ecclesiastes 4:2 . Wherefore I praised the dead more than the living, who are robbed, fleeced, and exposed to incessant afflictions, from oppression and war. Solomon alludes to extreme cases, such as our Saviour foretold would befal the Jews in their revolt against the Romans; when men should say, Blessed are the breasts that never gave suck. The like times were foretold of the Romans, in their civil wars, and in the scourge of the Saracens, that men should seek death, and it should flee... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour.The necessity and benefits of religious societyI. Prove the truth of the wise man’s assertion, that, “two are better than one, and that in reference to society in general, and religious societies in particular.” And how can this be done better than by showing that it is absolutely necessary for the welfare both of the bodies and souls of men? Indeed, if we look upon man as he came out of the hands of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Ecclesiastes 4:12A threefold cord is not quickly broken.A threefold cordI have read somewhere that the ancient Thebans had in their army a band of men who were pledged to friendship and fellowship with each other. They were therefore almost irresistible; they held together by a union caused by a living principle that suffused and inspired them all, therefore when the enemy came upon them it was like the sea breaking on the unmovable strand. If we as church members and fellow-Christians are thus... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Ecc 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ver. 12. And if one prevail against him, &c. ] Vis unita fortior. God bade Gideon to go down to the camp of the Midianites, and if he feared to go, then to take with him his servant Phurah. Jonathan will not go without his armourbearer - David without Abishai. 1Sa 26:6 Christ, when to begin his passion in the garden, took Peter, James, and John with him, for the benefit of their... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if: This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one. and a: 2 Samuel 23:9, 2 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 23:18, 2 Samuel 23:19, 2 Samuel 23:23, Daniel 3:16, Daniel 3:17, Ephesians 4:3 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Prevail — Against either of them. read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 4:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:12

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