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Verse Ecclesiastes 11:2. _GIVE A PORTION TO SEVEN_] Never cease giving
while thou seest a person in distress, and hast wherewithal to relieve
him.
_THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT EVIL_] Such may be the change...
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The verse means: “Let your hospitality and your alms be extensive:
for you know not what reverses may befall either that person who by
your liberality will be strengthened to meet them, or yourself wh...
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CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Proverbs concerning man's work(Ecclesiastes 11:1)_
2. The vanity of life (Ecclesiastes 11:7)
Ecclesiastes 11:1. These continued proverbs concern the work of m
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ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well
to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure,
before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
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GIVE: i.e. in charity.
A PORTION: i.e.. portion of the bread of Ecclesiastes 11:1.
SEVEN... EIGHT. An idiomatic phrase denoting several or many, like the
idiom "once... twice". several times (Job 33:...
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_Give a portion to seven, and also to eight_ The precept is clearly a
pendant to Ecclesiastes 11:1 and has received the same variety of
interpretations. Following the same line of thought as before, w...
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F. EXHORTATIONS TO WORK IN HARMONY WITH Wisdom 11:112:8
1. Trust God and be cheerful in all of your activities. Ecclesiastes
11:1-8
TEXT 11:1-8
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Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for...
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
PORTION - of thy bread.
TO SEVEN - the perfect number.
TO EIGHT - even to more than seven; i:...
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LIFE AFTER ALL IS WORTH LIVING
1-3. Fulfil the duty of beneficence, knowing that results are in the
hands of God....
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GIVE A PORTION, etc.] be not niggardly or calculating in the bestowal
of favours. You know not when you may need them yourself....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 11
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN BEINGS HAS LIMITS – ECCLESIASTES 11:1-6
V1 Throw your bre...
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TO SEVEN, AND ALSO TO EIGHT. — Quite similar forms of expression
occur in Job 5:19; Proverbs 30:21; Amos 1:3; Micah 5:4. The numbers
seven and eight are used indefinitel
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תֶּן ־חֵ֥לֶק לְ שִׁבְעָ֖ה וְ גַ֣ם לִ
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present Li...
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BUT IN A WISE USE AND A WISE ENJOYMENT OF THE PRESENT LIFE,
Ecclesiastes 11:1
What that Good is, and where it may be found, the Preacher now
proceeds to show. But, as his manner is, he does not say i...
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LIVE NOT FOR TODAY ALONE
Ecclesiastes 11:1-10
The casting of bread upon the waters is an allusion to the oriental
custom of casting rice-grains on the fields, when they lie submerged
beneath the annu...
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The method of worldly wisdom is not that of discretion only; it is,
moreover, that of diligence, and this passage urges such diligence.
Again, we have taken more than one text out of this passage to p...
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_Eight. To as many as thou art able, (Calmet) especially to those who
are of the household of faith, (Galatians vi. 10.; Haydock) whether
under the old or the new Testament, signified by the numbers,...
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days. (2) Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest
not what evil shall be upon the earth.
The opening of this Chap...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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GIVE A PORTION TO SEVEN, AND ALSO TO EIGHT,.... Or, a "part" q; not
the whole of a man's substance, for he must have to support himself
and his family; he that does not take care of that is worse than...
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
Ver. 2. _Give a portion to seven, and also to eight._] A portion -
_i.e., _ a good deal, a fair pro...
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_Give a portion to seven_ A part of thy estate or provisions. He
alludes to the ancient custom, whereby the master of the feast
distributed several parts to each guest, and withal sent portions to
the...
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PRACTICING BENEVOLENCE...
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Give a portion to seven and also to eight, ready to dispense charity
to many; FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT EVIL SHALL BE UPON THE EARTH, when
the tables may be turned by some misfortune, and the giver hi...
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"DIVIDE YOUR PORTION TO SEVEN, OR EVEN TO EIGHT, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHAT MISFORTUNE MAY OCCUR ON THE EARTH."DIVIDE YOUR PORTION TO SEVEN"
-The idea may be of unlimited benevolence, i.e. give to many...
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1-6 Solomon presses the rich to do good to others. Give freely,
though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Excuse not
thyself with the good thou hast done, from the good thou hast further...
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GIVE A PORTION; a part of thy estate or provisions. He alludes to the
ancient custom, whereby the master of the feast did distribute several
parts to each guest, and withal sent portions to the poor;...
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Ecclesiastes 11:2 Give H5414 (H8798) serving H2506 seven H7651 eight
H8083 know H3045 (H8799) evil H7451 e
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CHAPTER S ECCLESIASTES 11:9 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:14 THE VENTURING OF THE
YOUNG, THE TRIALS OF THE OLD AND MAN'S FINAL DESTINY.
As we come to the end of the writer's musings we are rewarded with the
fina...
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CHAPTER ECCLESIASTES 11:1 ADVICE FROM THE WISE MAN TO THE WISE.
Central to these verses is the recognition of our ignorance. We do not
know what will happen when we do things, we do not know what God...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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Ecclesiastes 11:1. _Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt
find it after many days._
Hoard not thy bread; for if thou dost, it will mildew, it will be of
no use to thee. Cast it on the waters...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to works of charity and right living.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Since we have death and judgment to prepare for, we should
do good to others and abound in liberalit...
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Ecclesiastes 11:1. _Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt
find it after many days._ The root לחם _lechem,_ designates bread,
corn, and all kinds of meat which sustain life. It refers also to...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 11:2 It is wise to have many ways
to make a living and invest resources.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 11:1. CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS.] “Bread,”
rendered in Isaiah 28:28, “bread corn.” It has been supposed that
there is an allusion to the manner of sowing the seed-co...
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EXPOSITION
Approaching the end of his treatise, Koheleth, in view of apparent
anomalies in God's moral government, and the difficulties that meet
man in his social and political relations, proceeds t...
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you don't know
what evil shall be upon the eaRuth (Ecclesiastes 11:1-2).
You do...
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Give — A part of thy estate or provisions. He alludes to the ancient
custom, whereby the master of the feast distributed several parts to
each guest, and withal sent portions to the poor. To eight — T...