ECCLESIASTES 12:4-14

⁴and the door shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

⁵yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and the caper-berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

⁶or 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;

⁷and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

⁸Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

⁹And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

¹⁰The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

¹¹The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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

¹³This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.