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Ecclesiastes, Chapter 12

¹ Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”; ² before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; ³ in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through^a Or holeswindows grow dim; ⁴ and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will^b Lit be brought lowsing softly. ⁵ Furthermore,^c Lit theymen are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. ⁶ Remember Him before the silver cord is^d So with Gr; Heb removedbroken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; ⁷ then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the^e Or breathspirit will return to God who gave it. ⁸ “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”	1 Deu 8:18 Neh 4:14 Psa 63:6 Psa 119:55 Ecc 11:8 2 Isa 5:30 Isa 13:10 Eze 32:7 Eze 32:8 Joe 3:15 Mat 24:29 3 Psa 35:14 Psa 38:6 Gen 27:1 Gen 48:10 Sa1 3:2 4 Jer 25:10 Rev 18:22 Sa2 19:35 5 Job 17:13 Job 30:23 Gen 50:10 Jer 9:17 6 Zec 4:2 Zec 4:3 7 Gen 3:19 Job 34:15 Psa 104:29 Ecc 3:20 Job 34:14 Ecc 3:21 Luk 23:46 Act 7:59 Num 16:22 Num 27:16 Isa 57:16 Zec 12:1 8 Ecc 1:2
⁹ In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.	9 Ki1 4:32 10 Pro 10:32 Pro 22:20 Pro 22:21
¹¹ The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like^f Lit plantedwell-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. ¹² But beyond this, my son, be warned: the^g Lit makingwriting of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.	11 Pro 1:6 Pro 22:17 Ecc 7:5 Ecc 10:12 Act 2:37 Ezr 9:8 Isa 22:23 12 Ki1 4:32 Ecc 1:18
¹³ The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. ¹⁴ For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.	13 Ecc 3:14 Ecc 5:7 Ecc 7:18 Ecc 8:12 Deu 4:2 Ecc 8:5 Deu 10:12 Mic 6:8 14 Ecc 3:17 Ecc 11:9 Mat 10:26 Rom 2:16 Co1 4:5


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