Ecclesiastes 12:14

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:14

The Conclusion of the Whole. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. The great enquiry which Solomon prosecutes in this book is, What is that good which the sons of men should do? ch. ii. 3 . What is the true way to true happiness, the certain means to attain our great end? He had in vain sought it among those things… Read the whole commentary →

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