4:1 Vanity is increased unto men by oppression;
4:4 by envy;
4:5 by idleness;
4:7 by covetousness;
4:9 by solitariness;
4:13 by wilfulness. Verse 1I returnedJob 6:29; Malachi 3:18 and consideredEcclesiastes 3:16, 5:8, 7:7; Exodus 1:13, 1:14, 1:16, 1:22, 2:23, 2:24, 5:16-19; Deuteronomy 28:33, 28:48; Judges 4:3, 10:7, 10:8; Nehemiah 5:1-5; Job 24:7-12; Psalm 10:9, 10:10; Proverbs 28:3, 28:15, 28:16; Isaiah 5:7, 51:23, 59:7, 59:13-15; Malachi 3:5 the tearsPsalm 42:3, 42:9, 80:5, 102:8, 102:9; Malachi 2:13; James 5:4 they hadJob 16:4, 19:21, 19:22; Psalm 69:20, 142:4; Proverbs 19:7; Lamentations 1:2, 1:9; Matthew 26:56; 2 Timothy 4:16, 4:17 sideHeb. handReciprocalExodus 3:9 - and I have; 5:19 - evil case; 1 Kings 21:7 - Dost thou now; 21:13 - they carried him; Job 20:19 - Because; 24:12 - groan; Psalm 12:5 - oppression; 72:12 - him; Proverbs 24:30 - went; 30:14 - to devour; Ecclesiastes 1:8 - man; 4:7 - General; 6:11 - General; 9:11 - returned; 10:5 - as an; Isaiah 51:19 - by whom; Amos 4:1 - which oppress; Habakkuk 1:3 - General; Revelation 14:13 - Blessed Verse 2Ecclesiastes 2:17, 9:4-6; Job 3:17-21ReciprocalEcclesiastes 7:1 - the day; Jeremiah 22:10 - Weep ye; Revelation 14:13 - Blessed Verse 3betterEcclesiastes 6:3-5; Job 3:10-16, 10:18, 10:19; Jeremiah 20:17, 20:18; Matthew 24:19; Luke 23:29 whoEcclesiastes 1:14, 2:17; Psalm 55:6-11; Jeremiah 9:2, 9:3ReciprocalEcclesiastes 1:3 - under; 2:18 - I hated Verse 4everyetc. Heb. all the rightness of work, that this is the envy of man from his neighbour, Genesis 4:4-8, 37:2-11; 1 Samuel 18:8, 18:9, 18:14-16, 18:29, 18:30; Proverbs 27:4; Matthew 27:18; Acts 7:9; James 4:5; 1 John 3:12 This isEcclesiastes 4:16, 1:14, 2:21, 2:26, 6:9, 6:11; Genesis 37:4, 37:11Reciprocal26:14 - envied; 30:1 - Rachel envied; 31:1 - Jacob; Exodus 1:9 - the people; Judges 8:1 - the men; 12:1 - Wherefore; 1 Samuel 17:28 - Eliab's anger; Nehemiah 6:2 - Come; Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General; 1:13 - this sore; 4:5 - eateth; 5:10 - this; 6:2 - vanity; 8:14 - a vanity; 9:11 - returned; 12:8 - General; Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns; Ezekiel 31:9 - envied; Daniel 3:12 - certain; 6:4 - sought; Matthew 26:8 - they; Mark 14:4 - there; 15:10 - for envy; John 3:26 - he that; 10:32 - for; 12:4 - one; Acts 5:17 - indignation; 13:45 - they Verse 5foolProverbs 6:10, 6:11, 12:27, 13:4, 20:4, 24:33, 24:34 eatethThat is, with envy - see Ecclesiastes 4:4
though too idle to follow his neighbour's example. Job 13:14; Proverbs 11:17; Isaiah 9:20ReciprocalEphesians 5:29 - hated Verse 6Psalm 37:16; Proverbs 15:16, 15:17, 16:8, 17:1Reciprocal15:6 - in the revenues; Ecclesiastes 2:22 - and of the; Luke 12:15 - for; 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - that; 2 Thessalonians 3:12 - that with Verse 7Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 78:33; Zechariah 1:6ReciprocalPsalm 39:6 - surely; Ecclesiastes 1:3 - under; 8:9 - this; 10:5 - an evil Verse 8oneEcclesiastes 4:9-12; Genesis 2:18; Isaiah 56:3-5 he hathGenesis 15:2, 15:3 noIsaiah 5:8 is hisEcclesiastes 1:8, 5:10; Proverbs 27:20; Habakkuk 2:5-9; 1 John 2:16 ForPsalm 39:6; Isaiah 44:19, 44:20; Luke 12:20 it isEcclesiastes 1:13, 2:23; Isaiah 55:2; Matthew 11:28ReciprocalGenesis 33:9 - have enough; Exodus 20:17 - thy neighbour's house; Psalm 127:2 - vain; Proverbs 2:4 - searchest; 4:7 - with; 11:17 - but; Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General; 2:22 - and of the; 5:13 - a sore; 6:2 - vanity; 6:11 - General; 8:9 - this; 8:14 - a vanity; 8:16 - there is that; 11:8 - All that; Daniel 11:4 - and shall be; Matthew 13:22 - the deceitfulness; Mark 4:19 - the deceitfulness; James 4:2 - lust Verse 9areGenesis 2:18; Exodus 4:14-16; Numbers 11:14; Proverbs 27:17; Haggai 1:14; Mark 6:7; Acts 13:2; 15:39, 15:40; 1 Corinthians 12:18-21 a goodRuth 2:12; John 4:36; 2 John 1:8ReciprocalExodus 4:27 - Go into; 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 Verse 10ifExodus 32:2-4, 32:21; Deuteronomy 9:19, 9:20; 1 Samuel 23:16; 2 Samuel 11:27, 12:7-14; Job 4:3, 4:4; Isaiah 35:3, 35:4; Luke 22:31, 22:32; Galatians 2:11-14, 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:18, 5:11 butGenesis 4:8; 2 Samuel 14:6ReciprocalGenesis 3:1 - he said; Judges 13:23 - his wife; Ezra 1:4 - help him; Mark 6:7 - two and Verse 111 Kings 1:1, 1:2

Verse 12And ifThis 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 a2 Samuel 23:9, 23:16, 23:18, 23:19, 23:23; Daniel 3:16, 3:17; Ephesians 4:3

Verse 13is a poorEcclesiastes 9:15, 9:16; Genesis 37:2; Proverbs 19:1, 28:6, 28:15, 28:16 will no more beHeb. knoweth not to be, 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Chronicles 16:9, 16:10, 24:20-22, 25:16Reciprocal30:2 - the king; 34:1 - eight years; Job 32:9 - neither; Proverbs 12:15 - but; 16:31 - if; 17:2 - wise Verse 14For outThis 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, 41:33-44; Job 5:11; Psalm 113:7, 113:8 also1 Kings 14:26, 14:27; 2 Kings 23:31-34, 24:1, 24:2, 24:6, 24:12, 25:7, 25:27-30; Lamentations 4:20; Daniel 4:31Reciprocal1 Samuel 2:8 - set them; Luke 1:52 - put Verse 15child2 Samuel 15:6

Verse 16no end2 Samuel 15:12, 15:13; 1 Kings 1:5-7, 1:40, 12:10-16 they alsoJudges 9:19, 9:20; 2 Samuel 18:7, 18:8, 19:9 thisEcclesiastes 1:14, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26Reciprocal1:2 - General; 4:4 - This is; 5:10 - this; 6:11 - General; 11:8 - All that