Ecclesiastes 12:13

Hear the end of the matter, the sum: 1 Fear God, and keep his commandments: 1 For this is the whole man. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

In Context

12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: 1 Of making many books there is no end; 1 And much study is a weariness of the flesh. 1

14For God will bring every work into judgment, 1 With everything that has been overlooked, 1 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son.

Deuteronomy 4:10even the things that happened in the day in which ye stood before the Lord our God in Horeb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.

Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

1 Kings 2:3and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:

Psalms 111:10The sinner shall see and be angry, 1 He shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: 1 The desire of the sinner shall perish.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:9-13

The Conclusion of the Whole. 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be… Read the whole commentary →

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