Ecclesiastes 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Concerning

That god, etc

And that

Psalm 73:22

2 Peter 2:12

Bible References

Concerning

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

How much less the man who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water?

Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.

Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.

And as it is appointed unto men to die once, and after this the judgment;

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

That god, etc

Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

Against thee, against thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou be declared just in thy word and pure in thy judgment.

No, in no wise: for God is true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou might be justified in thy words and might overcome when thou dost judge.

and making known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?

And that

But I was ignorant and did not understand; I was as a beast before thee.

But these, speaking evil of the things that they do not understand (as natural animals without reason, who are made to be taken and destroyed), shall utterly perish in their own corruption,