‏ Ecclesiastes 11

1 Directions for charity.

7 Death in life,

9 and the day ofjudgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on.

Cast.That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: "Vain are the favours done to vicious men; Not vainer 'tis to sow the foaming deep. The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford, Nor will the wicked ever make return." "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea." These, indeed, invert this precept; nor is it extraordinary that they should; "The one, frail human power alone produced, The other, God."

thy bread.

De 15:7-11; Pr 11:24,25; 22:9; Isa 32:8

waters. Heb. face of the waters.

Isa 32:20

for.

6; De 15:10; Ps 41:1,2; 126:5,6; Pr 11:18; 19:17; Mt 10:13,42; 25:40

Lu 14:14; 2Co 9:6; Ga 6:8-10; Heb 6:10

a portion.

Ne 8:10; Es 9:19,22; Ps 112:9; Lu 6:30-35; 1Ti 6:18,19

seven.

Job 5:19; Pr 6:16; Mic 5:5; Mt 18:22; Lu 17:4

for.

Da 4:27; Ac 11:28-30; Ga 6:1; Eph 5:16; Heb 13:3

the clouds.

1Ki 18:45; Ps 65:9-13; Isa 55:10,11; 1Jo 3:17

if the tree.

Mt 3:10; Lu 13:7; 16:22-26

Pr 3:27; 20:4; 22:13

thou knowest not what.

Joh 3:8

nor.

Ps 139:14,15

even.

7:24; 8:17; Job 5:9; 26:5-14; 36:24-33; 37:23; 38:4-41; 39:1-41:34

Ps 40:5; 92:5; 104:24; Isa 40:28; Ro 11:33

sow.

9:10; Isa 55:10; Ho 10:12; Mr 4:26-29; Joh 4:36-38; 2Co 9:6

2Ti 4:2

thou knowest.

9:1; Hag 1:6-11; 2:17-19; Zec 8:11,12; Ac 11:20,21; 1Co 3:5-7

2Co 9:10,11

prosper. Heb. be right.

the light.

Job 33:28,30; Ps 56:13; Pr 15:30; 29:13

a pleasant.

7:11; Ps 84:11; Mt 5:45

if a man.

6:6; 8:12

rejoice.

3:12,13; 5:18-20; 8:15

yet.

7:14; 12:1-5; De 32:29; Job 10:22; 14:10; 15:23; 18:18; Jer 13:16

Joe 2:2; Mt 22:13; Joh 12:35; Jude 1:18

All that.

2:1-11,15,17,19,21-23,26; 4:8,16; 5:15,16; 6:11

Rejoice.

1Ki 18:27; 22:15; Lu 15:12,13

in thy youth.

12:1; 1Ki 18:12; La 3:27

walk.

Nu 15:30; 22:32; De 29:19; Job 31:7; Ps 81:12; Jer 7:24; 23:17

Jer 44:16,17; Ac 14:16; Eph 2:2,3; 1Pe 4:3,4

in the sight.

2:10; Ge 3:6; 6:2; Jos 7:21; 2Sa 11:2-4; Mt 5:28; 1Jo 2:15,16

know.

3:17; 12:14; Ps 50:4-6; Ac 17:30,31; 24:25; Ro 2:5-11; 14:10

1Co 4:5; 2Co 5:10; 2Pe 3:7; Heb 9:27; Re 20:12-15

remove.

12:1; Job 13:26; Ps 25:7; 2Pe 3:11-14

sorrow. or, anger.

Ps 90:7-11

and put.

Job 20:11; 2Co 7:1; 2Ti 2:22

for.

1:2,14; Ps 39:5; Pr 22:15
Copyright information for TSK