Chapter 8

1
as the Eccl 2:13-14; 1Cor 2:13-16

who knoweth Gen 40:8, Gen 41:15-16, Gen 41:38-39; Job 33:23; Prov 1:6; Dan 2:28-30, Dan 2:47, Dan 4:18-19; 2Pet 1:20

a man's Exod 34:29-30; Prov 4:8-9, Prov 17:24, Prov 24:5; Matt 17:2; Acts 6:15

and the Deut 28:50; Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29; Eph 6:19

boldness Heb. strength, 2Tim 4:17


2
I counsel Prov 24:21; Rom 13:1-4; Titus 3:1; 1Pet 2:13-17

in regard 1Kgs 2:43; 1Chr 29:24; Ezek 17:13-20; Rom 13:5


3
not hasty Eccl 10:4; Prov 14:29

stand 1Kgs 1:50-52, 1Kgs 2:21-24; Isa 48:4; Jer 44:16-17; Acts 5:8-9

for Prov 16:14-15, Prov 30:31; Dan 4:35, Dan 5:19


4
the word 1Kgs 2:25, 1Kgs 2:29-34, 1Kgs 2:46; Prov 19:12, Prov 20:2, Prov 30:31; Dan 3:15; Luke 12:4-5; Rom 13:1-4

What Job 33:12-13, Job 34:18-19; Rom 9:20


5
keepeth Eccl 8:2; Exod 1:17, Exod 1:20-21; Ps 119:6; Hos 5:11; Luke 20:25; Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29; Rom 13:5-7; 1Pet 3:13-14

feel Heb. know

a wise Eccl 2:14, Eccl 10:2; 1Chr 12:32; Prov 17:24; Luke 12:56-57; 1Cor 2:14-15; Phil 1:9-10; Col 1:9; Heb 5:14


6
to every Eccl 3:1, Eccl 3:11, Eccl 3:17, Eccl 7:13-14

therefore Eccl 11:9-10, Eccl 12:1; Isa 3:11-14, Isa 22:12-14; Luke 13:25, Luke 17:26-30, Luke 19:42-44; Heb 3:7-11


7
he knoweth Eccl 6:12, Eccl 9:12, Eccl 10:14; Prov 24:22, Prov 29:1; Matt 24:44, Matt 24:50, Matt 25:6-13; 1Thess 5:1-3

when or, how


8
is no Eccl 3:21; 2Sam 14:14; Job 14:5, Job 34:14; Ps 49:6-9, Ps 89:48; Heb 9:27

power 1Cor 15:43; 2Cor 13:4

discharge or, casting off weapons, Deut 20:1-8; 2Kgs 7:15

neither Ps 9:17, Ps 52:5-7, Ps 73:18-28; Prov 14:32; Isa 28:15, Isa 28:18


9
this Eccl 1:14, Eccl 3:10, Eccl 4:7-8, Eccl 7:25

there is Eccl 5:8, Eccl 5:13; Exod 14:5-9, Exod 14:28; Deut 2:30; 2Kgs 14:10-12, 2Kgs 25:7


10
so 2Kgs 9:34-35; Job 21:18, Job 21:32-33; Luke 16:22

the place Ps 122:1-5; Acts 6:13

they were Eccl 2:16, Eccl 9:5; Ps 31:12; Prov 10:7; Jer 17:13; Heb 10:38


11
sentence Exod 8:15, Exod 8:32; Job 21:11-15; Ps 10:6, Ps 50:21-22; Isa 5:18-19, Isa 26:10; Isa 57:11; Jer 48:11; Matt 24:49-50; Rom 2:4-5; 2Pet 3:3-10

fully Jer 42:15


12
a sinner Eccl 5:16, Eccl 7:15; 1Kgs 2:5-9, 1Kgs 21:25, 1Kgs 22:34-35; Prov 13:21; Isa 65:20; Rom 2:5; Rom 9:22; 2Pet 2:9

surely Eccl 7:18; Ps 37:11, Ps 37:18-19, Ps 112:1, Ps 115:13; Prov 1:32-33; Isa 3:10-11; Isa 65:13-14, Isa 65:20-24; Matt 25:34, Matt 25:41-46; Luke 1:50

fear before Eccl 3:14; 1Chr 16:30; Ps 96:9


13
it shall Job 18:5, Job 20:5, Job 21:30; Ps 11:5; Isa 57:21; Mal 3:18; Matt 13:49-50; John 5:29

neither Ps 55:23; Isa 30:13; 2Pet 2:3

as a Eccl 6:12; Job 7:6-7, Job 14:2; Ps 39:5, Ps 144:4; Jas 4:14


14
a vanity Eccl 4:4, Eccl 4:8, Eccl 9:3, Eccl 10:5

there be just Eccl 2:14, Eccl 7:15, Eccl 9:1-3; Job 9:22-24, Job 21:17-34, Job 24:21-25; Ps 73:13-14; Mal 3:15


15
Then I Some consider this as the cavil of an infidel objector, equivalent to the Epicurean maxim, Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas, "Eat, drink, and play; there is no pleasure after death." But it may be regarded as a recommendation of a moderate use of worldly things, with a cheerful and contented mind; which may justly be considered as the greatest advantage which can be made of all below the sun, and amidst all changes, such a frame of mind, if the result of right principles, may and ought to be preserved; and it will be the recompence and solace of all our labours and toils. Eccl 2:24, Eccl 3:12-13, Eccl 3:22, Eccl 5:18, Eccl 9:7-9; 1Tim 4:3-4, 1Tim 6:17


16
When I Solomon here records the result of his perplexing inquiries into the affairs of men, and the purposes, providence, and works of God. And when he examined with great attention and diligence into the works of God, he found he could neither comprehend nor explain them; and was persuaded, that no application or capacity would enable a man to fathom the depth of the Divine dispensations in this lower world. How vain, then, are all cavils against Divine providence; when we can neither understand, nor comprehend it! Eccl 8:9, Eccl 8:7 Eccl 7:25

there is that Eccl 2:23, Eccl 4:8, Eccl 5:12; Gen 31:40; Ps 127:2


17
that a man Eccl 3:11, Eccl 7:23-24, Eccl 11:5; Job 5:9, Job 11:7-9; Ps 40:5, Ps 73:16, Ps 104:24; Prov 30:3-4; Isa 40:28; Rom 11:33


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