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
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