Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11
Overview
Ecc 11:1, Directions for charity; Ecc 11:7, Death in life, Ecc 11:9, 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: Deu 15:7-11; Pro 11:24, Pro 11:25, Pro 22:9; Isa 32:8
waters: Heb. face of the waters, Isa 32:20
for: Ecc 11:6; Deu 15:10; Psa 41:1, Psa 41:2, Psa 126:5, Psa 126:6; Pro 11:18, Pro 19:17; Mat 10:13, Mat 10:42, Mat 25:40; Luk 14:14; Co2 9:6; Gal 6:8-10; Heb 6:10
a portion: Neh 8:10; Est 9:19, Est 9:22; Psa 112:9; Luk 6:30-35; Ti1 6:18, Ti1 6:19
seven: Job 5:19; Pro 6:16; Mic 5:5; Mat 18:22; Luk 17:4
for: Dan 4:27; Act 11:28-30; Gal 6:1; Eph 5:16; Heb 13:3
the clouds: Kg1 18:45; Psa 65:9-13; Isa 55:10, Isa 55:11; Jo1 3:17
if the tree: Mat 3:10; Luk 13:7, Luk 16:22-26
thou knowest not what: Joh 3:8
nor: Psa 139:14, Psa 139:15
even: Ecc 7:24, Ecc 8:17; Job 5:9, Job 26:5-14, Job 36:24-33, Job 37:23, 38:4-41, 39:1-41:34; Psa 40:5, Psa 92:5, Psa 104:24; Isa 40:28; Rom 11:33
sow: Ecc 9:10; Isa 55:10; Hos 10:12; Mar 4:26-29; Joh 4:36-38; Co2 9:6; Ti2 4:2
thou knowest: Ecc 9:1; Hag 1:6-11, Hag 2:17-19; Zac 8:11, Zac 8:12; Act 11:20, Act 11:21; Co1 3:5-7; Co2 9:10, Co2 9:11
prosper: Heb. be right
the light: Job 33:28, Job 33:30; Psa 56:13; Pro 15:30, Pro 29:13
a pleasant: Ecc 7:11; Psa 84:11; Mat 5:45
rejoice: Ecc 3:12, Ecc 3:13, Ecc 5:18-20, Ecc 8:15
yet: Ecc 7:14, Ecc 12:1-5; Deu 32:29; Job 10:22, Job 14:10, Job 15:23, Job 18:18; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:2; Mat 22:13; Joh 12:35; Jde 1:18
All that: Ecc 2:1-11, Ecc 2:15, Ecc 2:17, Ecc 2:19, Ecc 2:21-23, Ecc 2:26, Ecc 4:8, Ecc 4:16, Ecc 5:15, Ecc 5:16, Ecc 6:11
Rejoice: Kg1 18:27, Kg1 22:15; Luk 15:12, Luk 15:13
in thy youth: Ecc 12:1; Kg1 18:12; Lam 3:27
walk: Num 15:30, Num 22:32; Deu 29:19; Job 31:7; Psa 81:12; Jer 7:24, Jer 23:17; Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17; Act 14:16; Eph 2:2, Eph 2:3; Pe1 4:3, Pe1 4:4
in the sight: Ecc 2:10; Gen 3:6, Gen 6:2; Jos 7:21; Sa2 11:2-4; Mat 5:28; Jo1 2:15, Jo1 2:16
know: Ecc 3:17, Ecc 12:14; Psa 50:4-6; Act 17:30, Act 17:31, Act 24:25; Rom 2:5-11, Rom 14:10; Co1 4:5; Co2 5:10; Pe2 3:7; Heb 9:27; Rev 20:12-15
remove: Ecc 12:1; Job 13:26; Psa 25:7; Pe2 3:11-14
sorrow: or, anger, Psa 90:7-11