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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Hoard not thy bread; for if thou dost, it will mildew, it will be of no use to thee. Cast it on the waters; scatter it abroad; give it to the unworthy men if need be. Some here have seen an allusion to the casting of seed into the Nile when it overflowed its banks. When the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give a portion to seven, And if that be a perfect number, give beyond it, Ecc_11:2. And also to eight; Give to more than thou canst afford to give to. Help some who are doubtful, some who are outside of the perfect number, and give them a portion, a fair portion. Our Saviour went beyond Solomon; for he said, “Give to every man that asketh of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; The tree falls the way it is inclined; but when it has fallen, there it must be. God grant that you and I may fall the right way when the axe of death hews us down! Which way are we inclined?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. There are great mysteries which we can never comprehend. God alone knows how the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. You cannot make the gospel enter into men’s hearts. You cannot tell how it does enter and change them. The Spirit of God does that; but your duty is to go on telling it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. It is our business to sow the good seed of the kingdom, to sow it broadcast, to sow it at all times: “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Take Christ away, and this is a truthful estimate of human life. Put Christ into the question, and Solomon does not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: And as it is so pleasant for the natural eyes to behold the natural sun, how much more pleasant is it for the spiritual eye to behold the Sun of righteousness! Sweet as the light of the sun is, the light of the Sun of righteousness is far sweeter.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Young man, will you dare, then, to follow your passions, and the devices of your own heart, with this ate the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. “Remove sorrow,” or rather, anger, ambition, or anything else that would cause sorrow, “from thy heart; and put away evil from thy flesh.” Let not thy fleshly nature rule thee; thou art in the period when flesh is strong towards evil, when...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. There is no doubt that, if we were holy, we should be happy; so, if we advise men to put away sorrow from their heart, we must remind them that they cannot do it except by putting away sin. The roots of evil must be cleared right away;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Do not give God the dregs of life. Do not offer in sacrifice to him anything that is worn out. Remember that, among the first fruits which the Jews were to bring to the priest to be offered on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth: Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice, “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.” There is no irony here; there is solid, sound advice: “Remember now thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: As they do in old age, when troubles seem to multiply, and the brightness of life seems to have gone.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the strong men shall bow themselves, These limbs, these legs of ours, begin to bend under the weight they have to support. Ecc_12:3. And the grinders cease because they are few, The teeth are gone. Ecc_12:3. And those that look out of the windows be darkened, The eyesight begins to fail.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; The old man sleeps very lightly; anything awakens him. He hides away from public business. The doors are shut in the streets.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish — This is one of the most beautiful pieces of poetic description that were ever penned. Here we have a true picture of the nervousness which creeps over men in the decline of life. Then there is the flourishing of the almond...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. “The silver cord” is the spinal marrow, which gradually relaxes, for the strength and power of it are gone. The whole frame begins...