Ecclesiastes 12:6-12

⁶Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;

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

⁸Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.

⁹And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

¹⁰Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

¹¹The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they 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.