****Ecclesiastes
Introduction
Overview
Ecclesiastes 1 . 1 , The preacher shews that all human courses are vain; Ecclesiastes 1 . 4 , because the creatures are restless in their courses , Ecclesiastes 1 . 9 , they bring forth nothing new , and all old things are forgotten; Ecclesiastes 1 . 12 , and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom.
the Preacher . Ecclesiastes 1 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 27 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 8-10 , Nehemiah 6 . 7 , Psalm 40 . 9 , Isaiah 61 . 1 , Jonah 3 . 2 , 2 Peter 2 . 5
king . Ecclesiastes 1 . 12 , 1 Kings 11 . 42 , 1 Kings 11 . 43 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 30 , 2 Chronicles 10 . 17-19
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 12 . 10 . Preacher 1 Timothy 2 . 7 . a preacher
Ecclesiastes 2 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 15 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 19 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 21 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 23 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26 , Ecclesiastes 3 . 19 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 11 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 11 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 8 , Psalm 39 . 5 , Psalm 39 . 6 , Psalm 62 . 9 , Psalm 62 . 10 , Psalm 144 . 4 , Romans 8 . 20
Reciprocal . Genesis 3 . 17 . cursed Esther 5 . 13 . Yet all this Psalm 78 . 33 . years Psalm 119 . 96 . I have seen Proverbs 23 . 5 . that which Proverbs 30 . 8 . Remove Ecclesiastes 6 . 9 . this Ecclesiastes 7 . 27 . saith Jeremiah 2 . 13 . broken cisterns Acts 25 . 23 . with 1 Timothy 2 . 7 . a preacher
profit . Ecclesiastes 2 . 22 , Ecclesiastes 3 . 9 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 16 , Proverbs 23 . 4 , Proverbs 23 . 5 , Isaiah 55 . 2 , Habakkuk 2 . 13 , Habakkuk 2 . 18 , Matthew 16 . 26 , Mark 8 . 36 , Mark 8 . 37 , John 6 . 27
under . Ecclesiastes 2 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 19 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 3 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 7 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 18 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 15-17 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 3 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 6 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 13
Reciprocal . Genesis 3 . 17 . cursed Genesis 3 . 19 . In Psalm 119 . 96 . I have seen
One generation . Ecclesiastes 6 . 12 , Genesis 5 . 3-31 , Genesis 11 . 20-32 , Genesis 36 . 9-19 , Genesis 47 . 9 , Exodus 1 . 6 , Exodus 1 . 7 , Exodus 6 . 16-27 , Psalm 89 . 47 , Psalm 89 . 48 , Psalm 90 . 9 , Psalm 90 . 10 , Zechariah 1 . 5
but . Psalm 102 . 24-28 , Psalm 104 . 5 , Psalm 119 . 90 , Psalm 119 . 91 , Matthew 24 . 35 , 2 Peter 3 . 10-13
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 6 . 10 . I am risen Job 21 . 33 . every man Luke 20 . 32 . died 1 Corinthians 7 . 31 . for
sun . Genesis 8 . 22 , Psalm 19 . 4-6 , Psalm 89 . 36 , Psalm 89 . 37 , Psalm 104 . 19-23 , Jeremiah 33 . 20
hasteth . Heb. panteth , Joshua 10 . 13 , Joshua 10 . 14 , Psalm 42 . 1 , Habakkuk 3 . 11
Reciprocal . Psalm 19 . 5 . rejoiceth Psalm 19 . 6 . His going
The wind . This #### Verse should be connected with the preceding , and rendered , "The sun also riseth , and the sun goeth down , and hasteth to his place where he arose; going toward the south , and turning about unto the north. The wind whirleth about continually ," etc. Alluding , in the former part , to the apparent daily motion of the sun from east to west , and to his annual course through the signs of the zodiac. Job 37 . 9 , Job 37 . 17 , Psalm 107 . 25 , Psalm 107 . 29 , Jonah 1 . 4 , Matthew 7 . 24 , Matthew 7 . 27 , John 3 . 8 , Acts 27 . 13-15
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Song of Solomon 4 . 16 . Awake
the rivers run . Job 38 . 10 , Job 38 . 11 , Psalm 104 . 6-9
return again . Heb. return to go
Reciprocal . Genesis 1 . 9 . General
full . Ecclesiastes 2 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26 , Matthew 11 . 28 , Romans 8 . 22 , Romans 8 . 23
man . Ecclesiastes 4 . 1-4 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 24-26
the eye . Ecclesiastes 4 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 11 , Psalm 63 . 5 , Proverbs 27 . 20 , Proverbs 30 . 15 , Proverbs 30 . 16 , Matthew 5 . 6 , Revelation 7 . 16 , Revelation 7 . 17
Reciprocal . Job 5 . 7 . trouble
that hath . Ecclesiastes 3 . 15 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 10 , 2 Peter 2 . 1
and there . Isaiah 43 . 19 , Jeremiah 31 . 22 , Revelation 21 . 1 , Revelation 21 . 5
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 6 . 10 . which 2 Peter 3 . 4 . where
it hath . Matthew 5 . 12 , Matthew 23 . 30-32 , Luke 17 . 26-30 , Acts 7 . 51 , 1 Thessalonians 2 . 14-16 , 2 Timothy 3 . 8
Reciprocal . Exodus 7 . 1 . See Proverbs 20 . 14 . It is naught Ecclesiastes 3 . 15 . which hath
There is . Ecclesiastes 2 . 16 , Psalm 9 . 6 , Isaiah 41 . 22-26 , Isaiah 42 . 9
Ecclesiastes 1 . 1 , 1 Kings 4 . 1-19
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 17 . 7 . he sent 2 Chronicles 34 . 30 . he read Ecclesiastes 12 . 10 . Preacher 1 Timothy 2 . 7 . a preacher
I gave . Ecclesiastes 1 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 25 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 9 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 17 , Psalm 111 . 2 , Proverbs 2 . 2-4 , Proverbs 4 . 7 , Proverbs 18 . 1 , Proverbs 18 . 15 , Proverbs 23 . 26 , 1 Timothy 4 . 15
this sore . Ecclesiastes 3 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 12 , Genesis 3 . 19
to be exercised . or , to afflict them
Reciprocal . Genesis 3 . 17 . cursed Judges 19 . 16 . his work 1 Kings 3 . 12 . I have given Job 28 . 3 . searcheth Psalm 78 . 33 . years Psalm 119 . 45 . for I seek Ecclesiastes 2 . 18 . I hated Ecclesiastes 4 . 8 . it is
Ecclesiastes 1 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 1 . 18 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26 , 1 Kings 4 . 30-32 , Psalm 39 . 5 , Psalm 39 . 6
Reciprocal . Genesis 3 . 17 . cursed Genesis 42 . 38 . bring Esther 5 . 13 . Yet all this Job 7 . 3 . months of Psalm 78 . 33 . years Psalm 127 . 2 . vain Psalm 144 . 4 . Man Ecclesiastes 2 . 15 . Then I Ecclesiastes 3 . 10 . General Ecclesiastes 4 . 3 . who Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 . This is Ecclesiastes 4 . 16 . this Ecclesiastes 6 . 9 . this Ecclesiastes 8 . 9 . this Ecclesiastes 11 . 10 . for Ecclesiastes 12 . 8 . General Jeremiah 2 . 13 . broken cisterns Matthew 11 . 28 . all
crooked . Ecclesiastes 3 . 14 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 13 , Job 11 . 6 , Job 34 . 29 , Isaiah 40 . 4 , Lamentations 3 . 37 , Daniel 4 . 35 , Matthew 6 . 27
wanting . Heb. defect
Reciprocal . Job 23 . 13 . who can Isaiah 42 . 16 . crooked John 21 . 25 . that even
communed . 2 Kings 5 . 20 , Psalm 4 . 4 , Psalm 77 . 6 , Isaiah 10 . 7-14 , Jeremiah 22 . 14 , Ezekiel 38 . 10 , Ezekiel 38 . 11 , Daniel 4 . 30
Lo . Ecclesiastes 2 . 9 , 1 Kings 3 . 12 , 1 Kings 3 . 13 , 1 Kings 4 . 30 , 1 Kings 10 . 7 , 1 Kings 10 . 23 , 1 Kings 10 . 24 , 2 Chronicles 1 . 10-12 , 2 Chronicles 2 . 12 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 22 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 23
great experience of . Heb. seen much , Hebrews 5 . 14
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 4 . 29 . God Ecclesiastes 2 . 1 . said Ecclesiastes 2 . 15 . even to me Ecclesiastes 3 . 17 . said
I gave . Ecclesiastes 1 . 13 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 3 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 23-25 , 1 Thessalonians 5 . 21
I perceived . Ecclesiastes 2 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 11
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 . General Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 . this Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Ecclesiastes 9 . 1 . considered in my heart Ecclesiastes 9 . 3 . and madness
For in . Ecclesiastes 2 . 15 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 13 , Job 28 . 28 , 1 Corinthians 3 . 18-20 , James 3 . 13-17
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 . General Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Daniel 10 . 16 . my sorrows