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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 11:9 - Strong Concordance

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Ec 11:9 Strong Concordance Rejoice [08055], O young man [0970], in thy youth [03208]; and let thy heart [03820] cheer [02895] thee in the days [03117] of thy youth [0979], and walk [01980] in the ways [01870] of thine heart [03820], and in the sight [04758] of thine eyes [05869]: but know [03045] thou, that for all these things God [0430] will bring [0935] thee into judgment [04941].
  King James Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Rejoice--not advice, but warning. So Kg1 22:15, is irony; if thou dost rejoice (carnally, Ecc 2:2; Ecc 7:2, not moderately, as in Ecc 5:18), &c., then "know that . . . God will bring thee into judgment" (Ecc 3:17; Ecc 12:14).

youth . . . youth--distinct Hebrew words, adolescence or boyhood (before Ecc 11:10), and full-grown youth. It marks the gradual progress in self-indulgence, to which the young especially are prone; they see the roses, but do not discover the thorns, until pierced by them. Religion will cost self-denial, but the want of it infinitely more (Luk 14:28).
 
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28 For [1063] which [5101] of [1537] you [5216], intending [2309] to build [3618] a tower [4444], sitteth [2523] not [3780] down [2523] first [4412], and counteth [5585] the cost [1160], whether [1487] he have [2192] sufficient to [4314] finish [535] it?
10 Therefore remove [05493] sorrow [03708] from thy heart [03820], and put away [05674] evil [07451] from thy flesh [01320]: for childhood [03208] and youth [07839] are vanity [01892].
14 For God [0430] shall bring [0935] every work [04639] into judgment [04941], with every secret thing [05956], whether it be good [02896], or whether it be evil [07451].
17 I said [0559] in mine heart [03820], God [0430] shall judge [08199] the righteous [06662] and the wicked [07563]: for there is a time [06256] there for every purpose [02656] and for every work [04639].
18 Behold that which I have seen [07200]: it is good [02896] and comely [03303] for one to eat [0398] and to drink [08354], and to enjoy [07200] the good [02896] of all his labour [05999] that he taketh [05998] under the sun [08121] all [04557] the days [03117] of his life [02416], which God [0430] giveth [05414] him: for it is his portion [02506].
2 It is better [02896] to go [03212] to the house [01004] of mourning [060], than to go [03212] to the house [01004] of feasting [04960]: for [0834] that is the end [05490] of all men [0120]; and the living [02416] will lay [05414] it to his heart [03820].
2 I said [0559] of laughter [07814], It is mad [01984]: and of mirth [08057], What [02090] doeth [06213] it?
15 So he came [0935] to the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Micaiah [04321], shall we go [03212] against Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall we forbear [02308]? And he answered [0559] him, Go [05927], and prosper [06743]: for the LORD [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].
14 For God [0430] shall bring [0935] every work [04639] into judgment [04941], with every secret thing [05956], whether it be good [02896], or whether it be evil [07451].
17 I said [0559] in mine heart [03820], God [0430] shall judge [08199] the righteous [06662] and the wicked [07563]: for there is a time [06256] there for every purpose [02656] and for every work [04639].
14 There is [03426] a vanity [01892] which is done [06213] upon the earth [0776]; that there be just [06662] men, unto whom it happeneth [05060] according to the work [04639] of the wicked [07563]; again, there be [03426] wicked [07563] men, to whom it happeneth [05060] according to the work [04639] of the righteous [06662]: I said [0559] that this also [01571] is vanity [01892].
3 For the enemy [0341] hath persecuted [07291] my soul [05315]; he hath smitten [01792] my life [02416] down [01792] to the ground [0776]; he hath made me to dwell [03427] in darkness [04285], as those that have been long [05769] dead [04191].
3 And dost thou open [06491] thine eyes [05869] upon such an one [02088], and bringest [0935] me into judgment [04941] with thee?
14 For God [0430] shall bring [0935] every work [04639] into judgment [04941], with every secret thing [05956], whether it be good [02896], or whether it be evil [07451].
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe [06734], that ye may look [07200] upon it, and remember [02142] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068], and do [06213] them; and that ye seek [08446] not after [0310] your own heart [03824] and your own eyes [05869], after [0310] which ye use to go a whoring [02181]:
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609] of David [01732]. LORD [03068], my heart [03820] is not haughty [01361], nor mine eyes [05869] lofty [07311]: neither do I exercise [01980] myself in great matters [01419], or in things too high [06381] for me.
14 O my dove [03123], that art in the clefts [02288] of the rock [05553], in the secret [05643] places of the stairs [04095], let me see [07200] thy countenance [04758], let me hear [08085] thy voice [06963]; for sweet [06156] is thy voice [06963], and thy countenance [04758] is comely [05000].
15 And at the end [07117] of ten [06235] days [03117] their countenances [04758] appeared [07200] fairer [02896] and fatter [01277] in flesh [01320] than all the children [03206] which did eat [0398] the portion [06598] of the king's [04428] meat [06598].
9 Better [02896] is the sight [04758] of the eyes [05869] than the wandering [01980] of the desire [05315]: this is also vanity [01892] and vexation [07469] of spirit [07307].
2 Go [01980] and cry [07121] in the ears [0241] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; I remember [02142] thee, the kindness [02617] of thy youth [05271], the love [0160] of thine espousals [03623], when thou wentest [03212] after [0310] me in the wilderness [04057], in a land [0776] that was not sown [02232].
30 For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Judah [03063] have only done [06213] evil [07451] before [05869] me from their youth [05271]: for the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have only provoked me to anger [03707] with the work [04639] of their hands [03027], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
28 And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [08334] of Moses [04872], one of his young men [0979], answered [06030] and said [0559], My lord [0113] Moses [04872], forbid [03607] them.
1 Remember [02142] now thy Creator [01254] in the days [03117] of thy youth [0979], while the evil [07451] days [03117] come [0935] not, nor the years [08141] draw nigh [05060], when thou shalt say [0559], I have no pleasure [02656] in them;
13 A merry [08056] heart [03820] maketh a cheerful [03190] countenance [06440]: but by sorrow [06094] of the heart [03820] the spirit [07307] is broken [05218].