Ecclesiastes 11

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1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

directions for charity,1-6 death in life,7,8 and the day of
judgement in the days of youth, are to be thought on,9,10
cast
thy bread De 15:7-11 Pr 11:24,25 22:9 Isa 32:8

waters Isa 32:20

for 11:6 De 15:10 Ps 41:1,2 126:5,6 Pr 11:18 19:17 Mt 10:13,42 Mt 25:40 Lu 14:14 2Co 9:6 Ga 6:8-10 Heb 6:10

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

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

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

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

4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Pr 3:27 20:4 22:13

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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 39:1-41:34 Ps 40:5 Ps 92:5 104:24 Isa 40:28 Ro 11:33

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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

7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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

a pleasant 7:11 Ps 84:11 Mt 5:45

8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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

sorrow Ps 90:7-11

and put Job 20:11 2Co 7:1 2Ti 2:22

for 1:12,14 Ps 39:5 Pr 22:15