Ecclesiastes 12:6-12

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.