Ecclesiastes 12:5-13

⁵And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.

⁶Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,

⁷And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.

⁸Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.

⁹And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

¹⁰He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

¹¹The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.

¹²More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

¹³Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man: