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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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23 All this I have1 proved by wisdom.
aI said, “I will be wise”;
But it was far from me. 
24 aAs for that which is far off and bexceedingly deep,
Who can find it out? 
25 aI applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness. 
26 aAnd I find more bitter than death
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
1He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her. 
27 Here is what I have found,” says athe Preacher,
“Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason, 
28 Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find:
aOne man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found. 
29 Truly, this only I have found:
aThat God made man upright,
But bthey have sought out many schemes.” 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ecclesiastes 7:25

I applied mine heart - I cast about, sabbothi , I made a circuit; I circumscribed the ground I was to traverse; and all within my circle I was determined to know, and to investigate, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things. Has man reason and understanding? If so, then this is his work. God as much calls him to use these powers in this way, as to believe on the Lord Jesus that he may be saved; and he that does not, according to the means in his power, is a slothful servant, from whom God may justly take away the misemployed or not used talent, and punish him for his neglect. Every doctrine of God is a subject both for reason and faith to work on.

To know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness -

"And my own heart, with scrutiny severe,

By far the harder task survey' d; intent

To trace that wisdom which from heaven descends,

Fountain of living waters, and to explore

The source of human folly, whose foul streams

Intoxicate and kill."

- C.


 
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