Death
What does life mean when death is in our future. We are all going to die. Solomon discusses life and death.
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12. “No one could live it up more than Solomon did. He said they would have to repeat what he had done and would find it very monotonous.” (McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible: Volume III. [Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983], 114)
13. “In spite of the fact that all men must die, wisdom is still of greater value than folly.” (Wiersbe, Warren W, The Bible Exposition Commentary Old Testament Wisdom and Poetry. [Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2004], 489)
14. “The wise man can see death coming and contemplate it. This is better than the mindless tumble into death taken by the fool, but he can do nothing to stop it.” (Garrett, Duane A., The New American Commentary, Volume 14, Ecclesiastes. [Nashville: Broadman Press], 294)
15-16. “In the end, both the wise man and the fool share the same physical fate: death.” (The Moody Bible Commentary, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, [Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2014], 975)
“When it is your time to go out the door, you will go, and there is nothing in this world that can keep you from it.” (McGee, 114)
17. “Here the Teacher reveals his better disappointment in life. His efforts were destined for oblivion.” (Garrett, 294)
Wealth
18. “The day would come when Solomon would die and leave everything to his successor.” (Wiersbe, 490)
19. “It’s bad enough that we must leave our wealth behind, but even worse that we might leave it to somebody who will waste it!” (Wiersbe, 490)
20. “The achiever never really benefits from the fruit of his labor; his heirs do.” (Moody, 975)
21. “Not only the man’s possessions but even the skill and intelligence by which he acquired them are nullified by death.” (Garrett, 295)
22. “The achiever has little chance to enjoy his achievements in this life; mostly he just has hard work and worries. Workaholics, be warned!” (Moody, 976)
23. “Solomon found out that it didn’t do any good to worry about it, because there was noting he could do about it.” (McGee, 115)
24. “This is a call to faith, to a perspective that looks beyond life under the sun.” (Moody, 976)
25. “Life is empty without God.” (Garrett, 296)
26. “The important thing is that we seek to please the Lord and trust Him to meet every need.” (Wiersbe, 491)
“The sinner may heap up all kinds of riches, but he can never truly enjoy them because he has left God out of his life.” (Wiersbe, 491)
References
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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New American Standard Bible (NASB)
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New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
In this article Scripture quotations taken from KJV.
Garrett, Duane A., The New American Commentary, Volume 14, Ecclesiastes. Nashville: Broadman Press
McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible: Volume III. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983
The Moody Bible Commentary, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2014
Wiersbe, Warren W, The Bible Exposition Commentary Old Testament Wisdom and Poetry. Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2004
