Ecclesiastes 11:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 God will bring thee into judgment.

Rejoice

1 Kings 18:27

1 Kings 22:15

Luke 15:12

In thy youth

Ecclesiastes 12:1

1 Kings 18:12

Lamentations 3:27

In the sight

1 John 2:15

Know

General references

Romans 14:12

Bible References

Rejoice

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and succeed, and the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his

wealth between them.

In thy youth

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

It will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the Lord will carry you where I do not know; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.

It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.

In the sight

All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Know

I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.

For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:

Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and

books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

General references

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.