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Ecclesiastes 12

The Preacher urges the young to remember their Creator before the hard years of old age, pictured as a house falling into disrepair. Life returns to dust and the spirit to God. His conclusion: fear God and keep his commandments, for God will bring every deed into judgment.

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Key verses

  • Verse 1Remember God while you are young.
  • Verse 7The body returns to dust; the spirit returns to God.
  • Verse 13Life's conclusion: fear God and keep his commands.

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;SelectedEcclesiastes 12:1Ask

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:SelectedEcclesiastes 12:2Ask

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,SelectedEcclesiastes 12:3Ask

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;SelectedEcclesiastes 12:4Ask

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:SelectedEcclesiastes 12:5Ask

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.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:6Ask

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:7Ask

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:8Ask

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:9Ask

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:10Ask

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:11Ask

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:12Ask

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:13Ask

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.SelectedEcclesiastes 12:14Ask

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