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

Luke 15:12

In the sight

Matthew 5:28

1 John 2:15

Know

General references

John 5:22

Romans 14:12

Bible References

Rejoice

And the younger of them said to his father 'Father, give me my share of the inheritance.' So the father divided the property between them.

In the sight

I, however, say to you that any one who looks at a woman with an impure intention has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;

Know

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,

But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."

Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself Wrath on the 'Day of Wrath,' when God's justice as a judge will be revealed;

I would ask the one man 'Why do you judge your Brother?' And I would ask the other 'Why do you despise your Brother?' For we shall all stand before the Bar of God.

Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait till the Lord comes. He will throw light upon what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in men's minds; and then every one will receive due praise from God.

For at the Bar of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions--whether good or worthless.

But the present heavens and earth, by the same fiat, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the day of the judgment and destruction of the godless.

And, as it is ordained for men to die but once (death being followed by judgment),

And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne; and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged, according to their actions, by what was written in the books.

General references

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God.