Ecclesiastes · Ecclesiastes 12
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
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The verses immediately either side, within Ecclesiastes 12.
Before
12Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
After
14For God will bring every work into judgement, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
This verse does not yet have an editorial note of its own. The chapter it belongs to is the best place to read it: Ecclesiastes 12.