Ecclesiastes 9:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Considered in my heart

That the

No man

Ecclesiastes 7:15

Psalm 73:3

Malachi 3:15

General references

Genesis 43:1

1 Samuel 31:6

Zechariah 1:5

Bible References

Considered in my heart

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

That the

There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

Indeed He loves the people.

All Your holy ones are in Your hand,
and they assemble at Your feet.
Each receives Your words.

He guards the steps of His faithful ones,
but the wicked perish in darkness,
for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

Then the king instructed Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, He will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its dwelling place.

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to Him.

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.

Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;
You redeem me, Lord, God of truth.

Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in Him, and He will act,

Commit your activities to the Lord,
and your plans will be achieved.

Lord, You will establish peace for us,
for You have also done all our work for us.

Coastlands, listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Today, I am the One who has made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population.

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me

until that day.

You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

No man

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

General references

Now the famine in the land was severe.

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?