Ecclesiastes 11
Treated in 16 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 11:1 Send your bread out on the surface of the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 5
- 11:6 Sow your seed in the morning, and in the evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will turn out well. 5
- 11:9 Be glad, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and what your eyes see, but know that God will call you to account for all these things. 2
- 11:3 When the clouds are full of rain, they pour it out on the earth; and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will lie. 1
- 11:4 Whoever keeps watching the wind will never sow, and whoever keeps looking at the clouds will never reap. 1
- 11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the breath of life into the bones in a pregnant woman's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes all things. 1
- 11:8 However many years a person may live, let them enjoy them all, but let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is a breath. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Open Thine Hand Wide cites ECCLESIASTES 11:1
…return to God. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. ECCLESIASTES 11:1 The second has been said already in this book and must be said again. This sermon on the…
- The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith ·
The Month of June cites Eccl. 11:1
…PROMISE KEEPS "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." Eccl. 11:1 We must not expect to see an immediate reward for all the good we do; nor must we always…
- The Life of Trust ·
Plenty and Want cites Ecclesiastes xi. 1
…which they offer up on their behalf. Now, while such passages as Proverbs xxii. 6, Ecclesiastes xi. 1, Galatians vi. 9, 1 Cor. xv. 58, give unto us assurance not merely respecting everything…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix N: The Wise Sayings of George Müller cites Ecclesiastes xi. 1
…which they offer up on their behalf. Now, while such passages as Proverbs xxii. 6, Ecclesiastes xi. 1, Galatians vi. 9, 1 Cor. xv. 58, give unto us assurance not merely respecting everything…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Being of God cites Eccl 11:1
…when, by the course of nature, the waters are lowest; how the bones grow in the womb. Eccl 11:1. If these things pose us, how may the infinite mystery of the Deity transcend our most…
- The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith ·
The Month of May cites Eccl. 11:3
…CLOUDS? NEVER! "If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth" Eccl. 11:3 Why, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Overcoming Laziness and Procrastination cites Ecclesiastes 11:4
…"Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap." — Ecclesiastes 11:4 Waiting for the perfect conditions is just an excuse. Start where you are, with what you…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites Eccl. 11:5
…as difficult to know the way of the Spirit in the new birth, as in the first birth; Eccl. 11:5, “Thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, or how the bones do grow in the womb of…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Sluggard's Farm cites Ecclesiastes 11:6
…all waters”? Do we sow our seed in the morning and not withhold our hand in the evening? (Ecclesiastes 11:6, ESV) If not, Solomon’s verdict stands: the slothful is a man lacking sense; a man void…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Second cites Eccles. xi. 6
…hold not thine hand: for thou knowest not: which shall prosper, either this or that” (Eccles. xi. 6). All things future, I say, are to us uncertain, in knowledge, but necessary in event.…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
He That Winneth Souls cites Ecclesiastes 11:6
…institution was meant to multiply the work. To the last hour In the evening reading on Ecclesiastes 11:6, Spurgeon speaks of the evening of life as well as the evening of the day. Some are…
- Evening by Evening ·
September cites Ecclesiastes 11:6
…element or your weariness? Which? September 20 “In the evening withhold not thy hand.” (Ecclesiastes 11:6) In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 4 cites Eccles. 11:6
…and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper.” (Eccles. 11:6) But the trial hurries and frets your own soul. Perhaps it did so for this very reason…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Sixth Stage cites Eccl. 11:8
…cometh thither, is vanity; as is the saying of the wise, “All that cometh is vanity.” Eccl. 11:8; see also 1:2-14; 2:11-17; Isa. 40:17. This fair is no new-erected business but a thing…
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 2 ·
Day 13 — Games cites Ecclesiastes 11:9
…sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.” — Ecclesiastes 11:9 (BSB) Some of the best memories of being young involve playing something. Football in a…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.3 The Wrath of God cites Eccl 11: 9
…youth . . . but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement.’ Eccl 11: 9. For a drop of pleasure thou must drink a sea of wrath. Your pleasure cannot be so sweet…