Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ecclesiastes Chapter 4
Overview
Ecc 4:1, Vanity is increased unto men by oppression; Ecc 4:4, by envy; Ecc 4:5, by idleness; Ecc 4:7, by covetousness; Ecc 4:9, by solitariness; Ecc 4:13, by wilfulness.
I returned: Job 6:29; Mal 3:18
and considered: Ecc 3:16, Ecc 5:8, Ecc 7:7; Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 1:16, Exo 1:22, Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24, Exo 5:16-19; Deu 28:33, Deu 28:48; Jdg 4:3, Jdg 10:7, Jdg 10:8; Neh 5:1-5; Job 24:7-12; Psa 10:9, Psa 10:10; Pro 28:3, Pro 28:15, Pro 28:16; Isa 5:7, Isa 51:23, Isa 59:7, Isa 59:13-15; Mal 3:5
the tears: Psa 42:3, Psa 42:9, Psa 80:5, Psa 102:8, Psa 102:9; Mal 2:13; Jam 5:4
they had: Job 16:4, Job 19:21, Job 19:22; Psa 69:20, Psa 142:4; Pro 19:7; Lam 1:2, Lam 1:9; Mat 26:56; Ti2 4:16, Ti2 4:17
side: Heb. hand
Ecc 2:17, Ecc 9:4-6; Job 3:17-21
better: Ecc 6:3-5; Job 3:10-16, Job 10:18, Job 10:19; Jer 20:17, Jer 20:18; Mat 24:19; Luk 23:29
who: Ecc 1:14, Ecc 2:17; Psa 55:6-11; Jer 9:2, Jer 9:3
every: etc. Heb. all the rightness of work, that this is the envy of man from his neighbour, Gen 4:4-8, Gen 37:2-11; Sa1 18:8, Sa1 18:9, Sa1 18:14-16, Sa1 18:29, Sa1 18:30; Pro 27:4; Mat 27:18; Act 7:9; Jam 4:5; Jo1 3:12
This is: Ecc 4:16, Ecc 1:14, Ecc 2:21, Ecc 2:26, Ecc 6:9, Ecc 6:11; Gen 37:4, Gen 37:11
fool: Pro 6:10, Pro 6:11, Pro 12:27, Pro 13:4, Pro 20:4, Pro 24:33, Pro 24:34
eateth: That is, with envy (see Ecc 4:4), though too idle to follow his neighbour's example. Job 13:14; Pro 11:17; Isa 9:20
Psa 37:16; Pro 15:16, Pro 15:17, Pro 16:8, Pro 17:1
one: Ecc 4:9-12; Gen 2:18; Isa 56:3-5
no: Isa 5:8
is his: Ecc 1:8, Ecc 5:10; Pro 27:20; Hab 2:5-9; Jo1 2:16
For: Psa 39:6; Isa 44:19, Isa 44:20; Luk 12:20
it is: Ecc 1:13, Ecc 2:23; Isa 55:2; Mat 11:28
are: Gen 2:18; Exo 4:14-16; Num 11:14; Pro 27:17; Hag 1:14; Mar 6:7; Act 13:2; Act 15:39, Act 15:40; Co1 12:18-21
a good: Rut 2:12; Joh 4:36; Jo2 1:8
if: Exo 32:2-4, Exo 32:21; Deu 9:19, Deu 9:20; Sa1 23:16; Sa2 11:27, Sa2 12:7-14; Job 4:3, Job 4:4; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4; Luk 22:31, Luk 22:32; Gal 2:11-14, Gal 6:1; Th1 4:18, Th1 5:11
And if: This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one.
and a: Sa2 23:9, Sa2 23:16, Sa2 23:18, Sa2 23:19, Sa2 23:23; Dan 3:16, Dan 3:17; Eph 4:3
is a poor: Ecc 9:15, Ecc 9:16; Gen 37:2; Pro 19:1, Pro 28:6, Pro 28:15, Pro 28:16
will no more be: Heb. knoweth not to be, Kg1 22:8; Ch2 16:9, Ch2 16:10, Ch2 24:20-22, Ch2 25:16
For out: This is probably an allusion to some fact with which we are unacquainted. History furnishes many instances of mean persons raised to sovereign authority, and of kings being reduced to the meanest offices, and to a morsel. Agrippa mounted the throne of Israel after having been long in prison; and similar instances are not wanting in modern times. Gen 41:14, Gen 41:33-44; Job 5:11; Psa 113:7, Psa 113:8
also: Kg1 14:26, Kg1 14:27; Kg2 23:31-34, Kg2 24:1, Kg2 24:2, Kg2 24:6, Kg2 24:12, Kg2 25:7, Kg2 25:27-30; Lam 4:20; Dan 4:31
child: Sa2 15:6
no end: Sa2 15:12, Sa2 15:13; Kg1 1:5-7, Kg1 1:40, Kg1 12:10-16