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Verse Ecclesiastes 11:5. _AS THOU KNOWEST NOT - THE WAY OF THE
SPIRIT_] _Why_ God should have permitted such an such persons to fall
into want, and how they came into all their distresses, thou canst...
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“Unforeseen events come from God; and the man who is always gazing
on the uncertain future will neither begin nor complete any useful
work: but do thou bear in mind that times and circumstances, the
p...
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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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AS. According as. See note on John 3:8. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._
App-9.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God, or the Deity.
App-4. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:13....
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_As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit_ The Hebrew word
for "spirit" has also the meaning of "wind" as in the verse
immediately preceding, and this has led many commentators (as with the
c...
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AS THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT— _As thou knowest
not which way the wind will blow, nor how the bones are formed in the
womb of her who is with child; even so thou knowest not the wo...
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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
1
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for...
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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 ... WA...
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11:5 spirit, (m-11) Or 'the wind.'...
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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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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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The wording of this passage leaves it ambiguous whether we have here
two illustrations of man’s ignorance, or only one; whether we are to
understand the verse as declaring that we know neither the way...
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כַּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽינְךָ֤ יֹודֵ֨עַ֙ מַה
־דֶּ֣רֶךְ...
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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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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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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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_Spirit. In a man, or of the wind. Why then wouldst thou judge of the
merit of thy petitioner? or pretend to determine why God has made thee
rich and him poor?_...
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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. (4) He that obs...
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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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AS THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT [IS] THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT,.... If indeed a
man could foresee and be assured of seasonable weather for sowing and
reaping, or a proper opportunity for doing good, all circumst...
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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.
Ver. 5. _As thou kn...
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_As thou knowest not the way of the spirit_ Of the soul of man, how it
comes into the child in the womb; or how it is united with the body;
or how, and whether it goes out of the body. _Nor how the bo...
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As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, or of the wind,
concerning whose various vagaries men are just as puzzled as ever, in
spite of the progress made by the science of meteorology, Cf Jo...
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PRACTICING BENEVOLENCE...
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"JUST AS YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PATH OF THE WIND AND HOW BONES ARE FORMED
IN THE WOMB OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN, SO YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ACTIVITY OF
GOD WHO MAKES ALL THINGS."JUST AS" -Human ignorance, even i...
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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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OF THE SPIRIT; of the spirit or soul of man, how it first comes into
the body of the child in the womb, whether from God by creation, or
from the parents by propagation; nor how it is united with and...
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Ecclesiastes 11:5 know H3045 (H8802) way H1870 wind H7307 bones H6106
womb H990 child H4392 know H3045 ...
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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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_Thou knowest not the work of God, who doeth all _
CHRISTIAN AGNOSTICISM
(with James 1:5):--The favourite intellectual mood of unbelief in
recent times has been agnosticism.
It declares that the gre...
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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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The spirit — Of the soul of man, how it comes into the child in the
womb; or how it is united with the body; or how and whether it goes
out of the body. The works — What God is doing and will do with...