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Verse Ecclesiastes 11:10. _THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW_] כעס _caas,
anger_; every kind of violent passion, all filthiness of _the flesh_
and spirit. "Childhood and youth are vanity;" they pass away and co...
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The preceding exhortation to a life of labor in the sight of God is
now addressed especially to the active and the young; and is enforced
by another consideration, namely, the transitory character of...
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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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EVIL. sadness.
YOUTH. dawn of life. Hebrew. _shaharuth._ Occurs only here...
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_Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart_ The two clauses recognise the
two conditions of happiness so far as happiness is attainable by man
on earth. "Sorrow," better perhaps, DISCONTENT or VEXATION,...
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THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW— _And remove sorrow from thy heart, and put
away pain from thy flesh; because this youth, nay, this dawn of light,
is but a vapour;_ Desvoeux: who puts a semicolon only at the...
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2. Enjoy the days of your youth. Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
TEXT 11:9-10
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Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be
pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impul...
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Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy
flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
SORROW - i:e., the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to "rejoice,"
and "heart cheer t...
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11:10 youth (a-17) Or 'the prime of life.'...
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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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CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH] RV 'youth and the prime of life.' VANITY] i.e.
fleeting....
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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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SORROW. — See Note on Ecclesiastes 7:3.
YOUTH. — The word occurs not elsewhere in the Old Testament; but
nearly the same word is used of black hair in Leviticus 13:37; Song of
Solomon 5:11....
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וְ הָסֵ֥ר כַּ֨עַס֙ מִ לִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְ
הַעֲבֵ֥ר
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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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Therefore remove (i) sorrow from thy heart, and (k) put away evil from
thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
(i) That is, anger and envy.
(k) Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is given...
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_Anger. All turbulent passions, and evil or carnal pleasures. (St.
Jerome)_...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! pause over the perusal of this very interesting Chapter. And
while thou art studious to obey the wise man's precept, and to cast
thy bread upon the waters, let thine eye, like the...
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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...
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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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THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW FROM THY HEART,.... Worldly sorrow, as opposed
to lawful mirth and cheerfulness, and especially to spiritual joy: or
"anger" z, as the word may be rendered, and often is; eithe...
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_Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy
flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity._
Ver. 10. _Therefore remove sorrow from thine heart._] One would have
thought that he...
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_Therefore remove sorrow_ Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he
elegantly calls _sorrow_, to intimate, that although such practices at
present gratify men's senses, yet they will shortly bring them t...
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Therefore remove sorrow, a false sorrow, a gloomy sanctimoniousness,
FROM THY HEART AND PUT AWAY EVIL FROM THY FLESH, namely, in the form
of a melancholy asceticism which is not in agreement with the...
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REJOICING WITH TREMBLING...
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SORROW:
Or, anger...
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"SO, REMOVE VEXATION FROM YOUR HEART AND PUT AWAY PAIN FROM YOUR BODY,
BECAUSE CHILDHOOD AND THE PRIME OF LIFE ARE FLEETING."SO, REMOVE
VEXATION FROM YOUR HEART" -"Rid thy heart, then, of resentment...
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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
thin...
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SORROW, i.e. sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly and
emphatically calls sorrow, with respect to the foregoing words, to
intimate, that although such practices do at present gratify and
de...
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Ecclesiastes 11:10 remove H5493 (H8685) sorrow H3708 heart H3820 away
H5674 (H8685) evil H7451 flesh H1320
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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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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 11:6. _In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,
either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good._...
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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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_Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth._
JOY AND JUDGMENT
Our translators have slipped in a “but” where there ought to be an
“and,” and have thus made the Preacher set the joy of youth and
the judgment...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 11:7. TRULY THE LIGHT IS SWEET.] Light as the symbol of
life. (Psalms 36:9, Job 3:20.)
Ecclesiaste
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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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2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 3:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; Ecclesiastes 1:14;...
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Sorrow — Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls
sorrow, to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify
mens senses, yet they will shortly bring them to intolerable sorrow...