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They will make you say, "I have found no pleasure in them." <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars turn dark, [and] the clouds come back with rain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Remember your Creator when those who guard the house tremble, strong men are stooped over, the women at the mill stop grinding because there are so few of them, [and] those who look out of the windows see a dim light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Remember your Creator when the doors to the street are closed, the sound of the mill is muffled, you are startled at the sound of a bird, [and] those who sing songs become quiet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Remember your Creator when someone is afraid of heights and of dangers along the road, the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, [and] the caper bush has [no] fruit. Mortals go to their eternal rest, and mourners go out in the streets. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Remember your Creator before the silver cord is snapped, the golden bowl is broken, the pitcher is smashed near the spring, and the water wheel is broken at the cistern. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the dust [of mortals] goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>"Absolutely pointless!" says the spokesman. "Everything is pointless!"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Besides being wise, the spokesman also taught the people what he knew. He very carefully thought about it, studied it, and arranged it in many proverbs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The spokesman tried to find just the right words. He wrote the words of truth very carefully.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Words from wise people are like spurs. Their collected sayings are like nails that have been driven in firmly. They come from one shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Be warned, my children, against anything more than these. People never stop writing books. Too much studying will wear out your body.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After having heard it all, this is the conclusion: Fear God, and keep his commands, because this applies to everyone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>God will certainly judge everything that is done. This includes every secret thing, whether it is good or bad.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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