Ecclesiastes 11 - Introduction
* Exhortation to liberality. (1-6) An admonition to prepare for death, and to young persons to be religious. (7-10)... [ Continue Reading ]
* Exhortation to liberality. (1-6) An admonition to prepare for death, and to young persons to be religious. (7-10)... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to do. It is not lost, but well laid out. We have reason to expect evil, for we are born to trouble... [ Continue Reading ]
7-10 Life is sweet to bad men, because they have their portion in this life; it is sweet to good men, because it is the time of preparation for a better; it is sweet to all. Here is a caution to think of death, even when life is most sweet. Solomon makes an effecting address to young persons. They... [ Continue Reading ]