Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 10:1

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1. Following up :- . him that is in reputation —for example, David ( 2 Samuel 12:14 ); Solomon ( 1 Kings 11:1-43 ); Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 18:1-34 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2 ); Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 19:2- : ). The more delicate the perfume, the more easily spoiled is the ointment. Common oil is not so liable to injury. So the higher a man's religious character is, the more hurt is caused by a sinful folly in him. Bad savor is endurable in oil, but not in what professes to be, and is compounded by the perfumer ("apothecary") for, fragrance. "Flies" answer to "a little folly" (sin), appropriately, being small ( 2 Chronicles 19:2- : ); also, "Beelzebub" means prince of flies. "Ointment" answers to "reputation" ( Ecclesiastes 7:1 ; Genesis 34:30 ). The verbs are singular, the noun plural, implying that each of the flies causes the stinking savor. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

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