Ecclesiastes 11:1, Directions for charity; Ecclesiastes 11:7, Death in life, Ecclesiastes 11:9, and the day ofjudgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on.
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Ecclesiastes 11
Ecclesiastes 11 — Overview
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Ecclesiastes 11 — OverviewEcclesiastes 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A pressing exhortation to works of charity
and bounty to the poor, as the best cure of the vanity which our
worldly riches are subject to and the only way of making them turn to a…Ecclesiastes 11 — OverviewEcclesiastes 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter begins with an exhortation to liberality to the poor, enforced by several reasons and arguments, and the objections to it removed; and the whole illustrated by various similes, Ec 11:1; and then it is…Ecclesiastes 11:1-6Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon had often, in this book, pressed it upon rich people to take
the comfort of their riches themselves; here he presses it upon them to
do good to others with them and to abound in liberality to the poor,…Ecclesiastes 11:1Ecclesiastes 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryCast thy bread upon the waters. The old interpretation of this passage, which found in it a reference to the practice in Egypt of sowing seed during the inundation of the Nile, is not admissible. The verb shalach is not…Ecclesiastes 11:1Ecclesiastes 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryEncouragement to Christian toilers.
The lesson of this verse, if the figure be dropped, may be expressed thus: Act upon principles and not upon likelihood.
I. A SIMILITUDE. The good we give to men when we preach and…Ecclesiastes 11:1-2Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 · The Pulpit CommentaryWorks of charity.
There can be little doubt that these admonitions apply to the deeds of compassion and beneficence which are the proper fruits of true religion. Especially in some conditions of society almsgiving is…
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