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

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”

So he went to the king, and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war, or should we refrain?”

Micaiah told him, “March up and succeed. Yahweh will hand it over to the king.”

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them.

In thy youth

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is still young.

In the sight

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

Know

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”

For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the tribunal of God.

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.

But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.

General references

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool,
so wisdom is for a man of understanding.

Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.

For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

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