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Ecclesiastes Chapter 12

Ecclesiastes
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Ecclesiastes

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In Ecclesiastes 12 the author urges people to remember their Creator and to keep His commandments. He advises that when one is weary of life's toil, one should turn to God and seek His peace. The chapter ends with a reminder to cherish the day and not fear death.

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(1) 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;
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Ecclesiastes 11:10Genesis 39:2Genesis 39:8Genesis 39:9Genesis 39:23I Samuel 1:28I Samuel 2:18I Samuel 2:26I Samuel 3:19I Samuel 3:20I Samuel 3:21I Samuel 16:7

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James 4:8Psalms 25:7Leviticus 26:42

(2) While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
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Ecclesiastes 11:7Ecclesiastes 11:8Genesis 27:1Genesis 48:10I Samuel 3:2I Samuel 4:15I Samuel 4:18Psalms 42:7Psalms 71:20Psalms 77:16

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 60:19Jeremiah 31:35Matthew 24:29II Samuel 23:4

(3) 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,
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II Samuel 21:15II Samuel 21:16II Samuel 21:17Psalms 90:9Psalms 90:10Psalms 102:23Zechariah 8:4

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Ezekiel 41:16Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(4) 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;
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II Samuel 19:35

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Isaiah 26:5Isaiah 32:19Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43II Samuel 1:20Jeremiah 29:6

(5) 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:
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Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:29Genesis 44:31Leviticus 19:32Job 15:10Psalms 71:18Proverbs 16:31Proverbs 20:29Isaiah 46:4Jeremiah 1:11Ecclesiastes 9:10Job 17:13

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Ezekiel 17:24Isaiah 41:19Joel 1:12Genesis 2:9Joel 2:22Matthew 12:33

(6) 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.
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Isaiah 8:9II Chronicles 20:37Psalms 51:17Jeremiah 50:2Ecclesiastes 4:12Isaiah 5:27

(7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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Ecclesiastes 3:20Genesis 3:19Genesis 18:27Job 4:19Job 4:20Job 7:21Job 20:11Job 34:14Job 34:15Psalms 90:3Psalms 146:4Daniel 12:2

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Song of Solomon 6:13Genesis 3:19Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(8) Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2Ecclesiastes 1:14Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 4:4Ecclesiastes 6:12Ecclesiastes 8:8Psalms 62:9

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Ecclesiastes 1:2Job 15:31Psalms 62:9Ecclesiastes 8:14Ecclesiastes 9:9

(9) 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.
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I Kings 8:12I Kings 8:13I Kings 8:14I Kings 8:15I Kings 8:16I Kings 8:17I Kings 8:18I Kings 8:19I Kings 8:20I Kings 8:21I Kings 10:8I Kings 4:32

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Proverbs 18:15Proverbs 21:11Isaiah 40:14

(10) The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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Ecclesiastes 1:1Ecclesiastes 1:12Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 15:26Proverbs 16:21Proverbs 16:22Proverbs 16:23Proverbs 16:24Proverbs 25:11Proverbs 25:12I Timothy 1:15Proverbs 1:1

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Ecclesiastes 8:17Daniel 6:4I John 2:21

(11) The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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Jeremiah 23:29Matthew 3:7Acts 2:37II Corinthians 10:4Hebrews 4:12John 3:10Genesis 49:24Psalms 23:1Psalms 80:1Isaiah 40:11Ezekiel 34:23John 10:14

(12) 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.
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Luke 16:29Luke 16:30Luke 16:31John 5:39John 20:31John 21:25II Peter 1:19II Peter 1:20II Peter 1:21Ecclesiastes 1:18

(13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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Ecclesiastes 5:7Ecclesiastes 8:12Genesis 22:12Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 10:12Psalms 111:10Psalms 112:1Psalms 145:19Psalms 147:11Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 23:17I Peter 2:17

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I Kings 6:22Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 3:1Jeremiah 13:11Jeremiah 32:41Matthew 9:22

(14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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Ecclesiastes 11:9Psalms 96:13Matthew 12:36Matthew 25:31Matthew 25:32Matthew 25:33Matthew 25:34Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:36Matthew 25:37Matthew 25:38Matthew 25:39

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Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8Leviticus 13:48Numbers 13:19Numbers 13:20I Kings 20:18

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