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Introduction
Overview
Ecclesiastes 4 . 1 , Vanity is increased unto men by oppression; Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 , by envy; Ecclesiastes 4 . 5 , by idleness; Ecclesiastes 4 . 7 , by covetousness; Ecclesiastes 4 . 9 , by solitariness; Ecclesiastes 4 . 13 , by wilfulness.
I returned . Job 6 . 29 , Malachi 3 . 18
and considered . Ecclesiastes 3 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 7 . 7 , Exodus 1 . 13 , Exodus 1 . 14 , Exodus 1 . 16 , Exodus 1 . 22 , Exodus 2 . 23 , Exodus 2 . 24 , Exodus 5 . 16-19 , Deuteronomy 28 . 33 , Deuteronomy 28 . 48 , Judges 4 . 3 , Judges 10 . 7 , Judges 10 . 8 , Nehemiah 5 . 1-5 , Job 24 . 7-12 , Psalm 10 . 9 , Psalm 10 . 10 , Proverbs 28 . 3 , Proverbs 28 . 15 , Proverbs 28 . 16 , Isaiah 5 . 7 , Isaiah 51 . 23 , Isaiah 59 . 7 , Isaiah 59 . 13-15 , Malachi 3 . 5
the tears . Psalm 42 . 3 , Psalm 42 . 9 , Psalm 80 . 5 , Psalm 102 . 8 , Psalm 102 . 9 , Malachi 2 . 13 , James 5 . 4
they had . Job 16 . 4 , Job 19 . 21 , Job 19 . 22 , Psalm 69 . 20 , Psalm 142 . 4 , Proverbs 19 . 7 , Lamentations 1 . 2 , Lamentations 1 . 9 , Matthew 26 . 56 , 2 Timothy 4 . 16 , 2 Timothy 4 . 17
side . Heb. hand
Reciprocal . Exodus 3 . 9 . and I have Exodus 5 . 19 . evil case 1 Kings 21 . 7 . Dost thou now 1 Kings 21 . 13 . they carried him Job 20 . 19 . Because Job 24 . 12 . groan Psalm 12 . 5 . oppression Psalm 72 . 12 . him Proverbs 24 . 30 . went Proverbs 30 . 14 . to devour Ecclesiastes 1 . 8 . man Ecclesiastes 4 . 7 . General Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Ecclesiastes 9 . 11 . returned Ecclesiastes 10 . 5 . as an Isaiah 51 . 19 . by whom Amos 4 . 1 . which oppress Habakkuk 1 . 3 . General Revelation 14 . 13 . Blessed
Ecclesiastes 2 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 4-6 , Job 3 . 17-21
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 7 . 1 . the day Jeremiah 22 . 10 . Weep ye Revelation 14 . 13 . Blessed
better . Ecclesiastes 6 . 3-5 , Job 3 . 10-16 , Job 10 . 18 , Job 10 . 19 , Jeremiah 20 . 17 , Jeremiah 20 . 18 , Matthew 24 . 19 , Luke 23 . 29
who . Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 17 , Psalm 55 . 6-11 , Jeremiah 9 . 2 , Jeremiah 9 . 3
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 1 . 3 . under Ecclesiastes 2 . 18 . I hated
every . etc. Heb. all the rightness of work , that this is the envy of man from his neighbour , Genesis 4 . 4-8 , Genesis 37 . 2-11 , 1 Samuel 18 . 8 , 1 Samuel 18 . 9 , 1 Samuel 18 . 14-16 , 1 Samuel 18 . 29 , 1 Samuel 18 . 30 , Proverbs 27 . 4 , Matthew 27 . 18 , Acts 7 . 9 , James 4 . 5 , 1 John 3 . 12
This is . Ecclesiastes 4 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 21 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 9 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 , Genesis 37 . 4 , Genesis 37 . 11
Reciprocal . Genesis 26 . 14 . envied Genesis 30 . 1 . Rachel envied Genesis 31 . 1 . Jacob Exodus 1 . 9 . the people Judges 8 . 1 . the men Judges 12 . 1 . Wherefore 1 Samuel 17 . 28 . Eliab's anger Nehemiah 6 . 2 . Come Ecclesiastes 1 . 2 . General Ecclesiastes 1 . 13 . this sore Ecclesiastes 4 . 5 . eateth Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 . this Ecclesiastes 6 . 2 . vanity Ecclesiastes 8 . 14 . a vanity Ecclesiastes 9 . 11 . returned Ecclesiastes 12 . 8 . General Jeremiah 2 . 13 . broken cisterns Ezekiel 31 . 9 . envied Daniel 3 . 12 . certain Daniel 6 . 4 . sought Matthew 26 . 8 . they Mark 14 . 4 . there Mark 15 . 10 . for envy John 3 . 26 . he that John 10 . 32 . for John 12 . 4 . one Acts 5 . 17 . indignation Acts 13 . 45 . they
fool . Proverbs 6 . 10 , Proverbs 6 . 11 , Proverbs 12 . 27 , Proverbs 13 . 4 , Proverbs 20 . 4 , Proverbs 24 . 33 , Proverbs 24 . 34
eateth . That is , with envy . see Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 , though too idle to follow his neighbour's example. Job 13 . 14 , Proverbs 11 . 17 , Isaiah 9 . 20
Reciprocal . Ephesians 5 . 29 . hated
Psalm 37 . 16 , Proverbs 15 . 16 , Proverbs 15 . 17 , Proverbs 16 . 8 , Proverbs 17 . 1
Reciprocal . Proverbs 15 . 6 . in the revenues Ecclesiastes 2 . 22 . and of the Luke 12 . 15 . for 1 Thessalonians 4 . 11 . that 2 Thessalonians 3 . 12 . that with
Ecclesiastes 4 . 1 , Psalm 78 . 33 , Zechariah 1 . 6
Reciprocal . Psalm 39 . 6 . surely Ecclesiastes 1 . 3 . under Ecclesiastes 8 . 9 . this Ecclesiastes 10 . 5 . an evil
one . Ecclesiastes 4 . 9-12 , Genesis 2 . 18 , Isaiah 56 . 3-5
he hath . Genesis 15 . 2 , Genesis 15 . 3
no . Isaiah 5 . 8
is his . Ecclesiastes 1 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 , Proverbs 27 . 20 , Habakkuk 2 . 5-9 , 1 John 2 . 16
For . Psalm 39 . 6 , Isaiah 44 . 19 , Isaiah 44 . 20 , Luke 12 . 20
it is . Ecclesiastes 1 . 13 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 23 , Isaiah 55 . 2 , Matthew 11 . 28
Reciprocal . Genesis 33 . 9 . have enough Exodus 20 . 17 . thy neighbour's house Psalm 127 . 2 . vain Proverbs 2 . 4 . searchest Proverbs 4 . 7 . with Proverbs 11 . 17 . but Ecclesiastes 1 . 2 . General Ecclesiastes 2 . 22 . and of the Ecclesiastes 5 . 13 . a sore Ecclesiastes 6 . 2 . vanity Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Ecclesiastes 8 . 9 . this Ecclesiastes 8 . 14 . a vanity Ecclesiastes 8 . 16 . there is that Ecclesiastes 11 . 8 . All that Daniel 11 . 4 . and shall be Matthew 13 . 22 . the deceitfulness Mark 4 . 19 . the deceitfulness James 4 . 2 . lust
are . Genesis 2 . 18 , Exodus 4 . 14-16 , Numbers 11 . 14 , Proverbs 27 . 17 , Haggai 1 . 14 , Mark 6 . 7 , Acts 13 . 2 , Acts 15 . 39 , Acts 15 . 40 , 1 Corinthians 12 . 18-21
a good . Ruth 2 . 12 , John 4 . 36 , 2 John 1 . 8
Reciprocal . Exodus 4 . 27 . Go into Exodus 31 . 6 . I have given Judges 13 . 23 . his wife 1 Samuel 23 . 16 . strengthened 1 Chronicles 19 . 12 . If the Syrians Ezra 1 . 4 . help him Ecclesiastes 4 . 8 . one 1 Corinthians 12 . 22 . General
if . Exodus 32 . 2-4 , Exodus 32 . 21 , Deuteronomy 9 . 19 , Deuteronomy 9 . 20 , 1 Samuel 23 . 16 , 2 Samuel 11 . 27 , 2 Samuel 12 . 7-14 , Job 4 . 3 , Job 4 . 4 , Isaiah 35 . 3 , Isaiah 35 . 4 , Luke 22 . 31 , Luke 22 . 32 , Galatians 2 . 11-14 , Galatians 6 . 1 , 1 Thessalonians 4 . 18 , 1 Thessalonians 5 . 11
but . Genesis 4 . 8 , 2 Samuel 14 . 6
Reciprocal . Genesis 3 . 1 . he said Judges 13 . 23 . his wife Ezra 1 . 4 . help him Mark 6 . 7 . two and
And if . This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father , who , to shew his sons the advantages of union , gave them a bundle of twigs , which could not be broken when bound together , but were easily snapped asunder one by one.
and a . 2 Samuel 23 . 9 , 2 Samuel 23 . 16 , 2 Samuel 23 . 18 , 2 Samuel 23 . 19 , 2 Samuel 23 . 23 , Daniel 3 . 16 , Daniel 3 . 17 , Ephesians 4 . 3
is a poor . Ecclesiastes 9 . 15 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 16 , Genesis 37 . 2 , Proverbs 19 . 1 , Proverbs 28 . 6 , Proverbs 28 . 15 , Proverbs 28 . 16
will no more be . Heb. knoweth not to be , 1 Kings 22 . 8 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 10 , 2 Chronicles 24 . 20-22 , 2 Chronicles 25 . 16
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 30 . 2 . the king 2 Chronicles 34 . 1 . eight years Job 32 . 9 . neither Proverbs 12 . 15 . but Proverbs 16 . 31 . if Proverbs 17 . 2 . wise
For out . This is probably an allusion to some fact with which we are unacquainted. History furnishes many instances of mean persons raised to sovereign authority , and of kings being reduced to the meanest offices , and to a morsel. Agrippa mounted the throne of Israel after having been long in prison; and similar instances are not wanting in modern times. Genesis 41 . 14 , Genesis 41 . 33-44 , Job 5 . 11 , Psalm 113 . 7 , Psalm 113 . 8
also . 1 Kings 14 . 26 , 1 Kings 14 . 27 , 2 Kings 23 . 31-34 , 2 Kings 24 . 1 , 2 Kings 24 . 2 , 2 Kings 24 . 6 , 2 Kings 24 . 12 , 2 Kings 25 . 7 , 2 Kings 25 . 27-30 , Lamentations 4 . 20 , Daniel 4 . 31
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 2 . 8 . set them Luke 1 . 52 . put
child . 2 Samuel 15 . 6
no end . 2 Samuel 15 . 12 , 2 Samuel 15 . 13 , 1 Kings 1 . 5-7 , 1 Kings 1 . 40 , 1 Kings 12 . 10-16
they also . Judges 9 . 19 , Judges 9 . 20 , 2 Samuel 18 . 7 , 2 Samuel 18 . 8 , 2 Samuel 19 . 9
this . Ecclesiastes 1 . 14 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 26
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 1 . 2 . General Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 . This is Ecclesiastes 5 . 10 . this Ecclesiastes 6 . 11 . General Ecclesiastes 11 . 8 . All that