11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I. That selfishness is the cause of this evil ( Eccl. 4:7 , 8 ): There is one alone , that minds none but himself, cares for nobody, but would, if he could, be…
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