Ecclesiastes 12:14

For every deed will God bring into the judgment concerning every thing that hath been hidden, whether it be good, or whether it be bad.

Leeser Tanakh

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 is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty of] man.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”

Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every pursuit; and on account of every deed there [will he judge].

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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