9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. …
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Solomon is here drawing towards a close, and is loth to part till he has gained his point, and prevailed with his hearers, with his readers, to seek for that satisfaction in God only and in their duty to him which they can never find in the creature. I. He repeats his text (Eccl. 12:8), 1. As that which he had fully demonstrated the truth of, and so made good his undertaking in this sermon, wherei…
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