Ecclesiastes 8

Ecclesiastes 8:1

The talk - Idle talking will bring a man to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Riches - They are a singular advantage and ornament to them. But - As for rich fools, their folly is not cured, but made worse and more manifest by their riches.

Ecclesiastes 8:3

Souls - Such as are innocent, from false accusations.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

To depart - To preserve men from destructive courses.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Exalteth - Heb. lifteth up, like a banner, makes it known and visible to all men.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

A sound heart - Free from envy and inordinate passions. Is life - Procures and maintains the health and vigour of the body.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

His maker - Whose image the poor man bears, by whose providence he is made poor, and who hath declared himself to be their protector and avenger.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Driven away - In his death, from God’s favour and presence. Death - In his greatest dangers and distresses, yea even in death itself.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Resteth - Is laid up and hid there. In the midst - In the heart. Made known - They will publish in all times and companies.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Shame - Both to himself, by his foolish management of the king’s affairs, and to the king who made so foolish a choice of a servant.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Shame - Both to himself, by his foolish management of the king’s affairs, and to the king who made so foolish a choice of a servant.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

Aright - Expressing what he knows prudently and gracefully. Poureth out - Plentifully, continually, and vehemently, as a fountain does waters.