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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 7:14

Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.Prosperity and adversityThe life of man is made up of prosperity and adversity, of pleasure and pain, which succeed one another here below in an eternal rotation, like day and night, summer and winter. Prosperity and adversity usually walk hand in hand. The Divine providence hath joined them, and I shall not put them asunder, but offer some remarks upon them both.I. I begin with the latter part of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:14

Ecc 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Ver. 14. In the day of prosperity be joyful. ] Here we have some fair days, some foul - crosses like foul weather, come before they are sent for; for as fair weather, the more is the pity, may do hurt, so may prosperity, as it did to David, Psa 30:6 who therefore had his interchanges of a worse condition, as it... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 7:14

the day: Ecclesiastes 3:4, Deuteronomy 28:47, Psalms 30:11, Psalms 30:12, Psalms 40:3, Matthew 9:13, John 16:22, John 16:23, James 5:13 but: Deuteronomy 8:3, 1 Kings 8:47, 1 Kings 17:17, 1 Kings 17:18, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Job 10:1, Job 10:2, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 94:13, Psalms 119:71, Isaiah 22:12-2 Chronicles :, Isaiah 26:11, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 23:20, Micah 6:9, Haggai 1:5-Judges :, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:18, Acts 14:22 set: Heb. made, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.Be joyful — Enjoy God's favours with thankfulness.Consider — Consider that it is God's hand, and therefore submit to it: consider also why God sends it, for what sins, and with what design.God also — Hath wisely ordained, that prosperity and adversity should succeed one another.That — No man might be able to foresee, what... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:14

14. Be joyful… consider Common sense rebukes grumbling over the present and foreboding over the hereafter. There should be no pause after “consider,” as the remainder of the verse tells us what to consider. That is, make the most of the present prosperity and manage wisely the present adversity, remembering that God has in his wisdom so diversified human affairs that none can tell what the next coming phase may be. Many a sage and poet has warned us not to be anxious respecting the... read more

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