Ecclesiastes 8
Treated in 4 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 8:4 The word of a king carries supreme power; who can say to him, "What are you doing?" 1
- 8:8 No one has power over the wind to hold it back, and no one has power over the day of death. There is no release from that war, and wickedness will not rescue those who practice it. 1
- 8:10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to come and go from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done such things. This too is a breath. 1
- 8:11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, people's hearts are set on doing evil. 1
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Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Eccles. viii. 11
…it hath proved a snare almost universally unto them towards whom it hath been exercised, Eccles. viii. 11, as well as a temptation to them who have looked on, Job xxi. 7; Ps. lxxiii. 2–4, etc.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Justice of God cites Eccles 8:4
…an account of his actions to his creatures. If none may say to a king, ‘What doest thou?’ Eccles 8:4, much less to God. It is sufficient, God is Lord paramount; he has a sovereign power over…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Power of God cites Eccles 8:8
…says, ‘Where the word of a king is, there is power, much more where the word of a God is. Eccles 8:8. Oh let us fear this mighty God! The fear of God will drive out all other base fear. Use…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
The Many Mansions cites Eccl. viii. 10
…that he had seen, that of a wicked man buried that had gone [from the place of the holy], Eccl. viii. 10. Such as have had a seat in God’s house, have been in a sense exalted up to heaven, set…