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

And it happened at noon Elijah mocked them and said, Cry with a great voice, for he is a god. Either he is meditating, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened!

So he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micaiah, Shall we go against Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or shall we hold off? And he answered him, Go and prosper. For Jehovah shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that is coming to me. And he divided his living to them.

In thy youth

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

And it will be as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry you where I know not. And when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Jehovah from my youth.

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

In the sight

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

When I saw among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, I coveted them and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.

And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. And the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after 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 in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether evil.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, so that He may judge His people.

Truly, then, God overlooking the times of ignorance, now He strictly commands all men everywhere to repent,

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the Judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go for this time, but taking time later, I will call for you.

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

But why do you judge your brother? Or also why do you despise your brother? For all shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall each one have praise of God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the things done through the body, according to that which he has done, whether good or bad.

But the present heavens and the earth being kept in store by the same Word, are being kept for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,

And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

General references

To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether evil.

For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son,

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