1. Wisdom and Folly Contrasted (7:1-29)
Wisdom | Folly |
| A good name (7:1) | |
| Mourning (7:2a, 4a) | Feasting/Pleasure (7:2b, 4b) |
| Sorrow (7:3a) | Laughter (7:3b) |
| Receiving a rebuke (7:5a) | Listening to the song of fools (7:5b) |
| | Oppression (7:7a) |
| | A bribe (7:7b) |
| Patience of spirit (7:8a) | Haughtiness of spirit (7:8b) |
| | Eagerness to be angry (7:9) |
| | Looking to days gone by (7:10) |
| Wisdom with an inheritance (7:11-12) | |
| Contentment in any situation (7:13-14) | |
| | Self-righteousness (7:16) |
| | Excessive wickedness/foolishness (7:17) |
| Reverential awe of God (7:18) | |
| | Taking peoples word's too seriously (7:21-22) |
| | Harlotry (7:26) |
2. Theological Themes in Ecclesiastes 7
• Theodicy: . . . there is a righteous man who perishes in his
righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his
life in his wickedness. (7:15b)
• Sin: Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who
continually does good and who never sins. (7:20)
• Mankind's Limitations: I tested all this with wisdom, and
I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. (7:23)
• Mankind's Fallen Nature: . . . God made men upright, but
they have sought out many devices. (7:29b)
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