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Ecclesiastes 7:21 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 21
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:Ecclesiastes 7:21 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:21 in context
19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- takenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- heedlêbthe heartH3820 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are liable to, by reason of the vanity and vexation of spirit that there are in the things of this world. Here are some of the praises and the precepts of wisdom. I. The praises of wisdom.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-22