Ecclesiastes 12

1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”Cross-references: Gen 39:2 · Gen 39:8 · Gen 39:23 · 1Sam 1:28 · 1Sam 2:18 · 1Sam 2:26 · +28 more

2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;Cross-references: Gen 27:1 · Gen 48:10 · 1Sam 3:2 · 1Sam 4:15 · 1Sam 4:18 · Ps 42:7 · +5 more

3in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,Cross-references: Gen 27:1 · Gen 48:10 · 1Sam 3:2 · 2Sam 21:15 · Ps 90:9 · Ps 102:23 · +1 more

4and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;Cross-references: 2Sam 19:35 · Jer 25:10 · Rev 18:22

5yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;Cross-references: Gen 42:38 · Gen 44:29 · Gen 44:31 · Gen 50:3 · Lev 19:32 · Job 15:10 · +12 more

6before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,Cross-references: Zech 4:2

7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.Cross-references: Gen 2:7 · Gen 3:19 · Gen 18:27 · Num 16:22 · Num 27:16 · Job 4:19 · +12 more

8“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”Cross-references: Ps 62:9 · Eccl 1:2 · Eccl 1:14 · Eccl 2:17 · Eccl 4:4 · Eccl 6:12 · +1 more

9Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Cross-references: 1Ki 4:32 · 1Ki 8:12 · 1Ki 10:8 · Prov 1:1 · Prov 10:1 · Prov 25:1

10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.Cross-references: Prov 1:1 · Prov 8:6 · Prov 15:23 · Prov 15:26 · Prov 16:21 · Prov 22:17 · +7 more

11The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.Cross-references: Gen 49:24 · Ezra 9:8 · Ps 23:1 · Ps 80:1 · Prov 1:6 · Prov 22:17 · +12 more

12Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.Cross-references: 1Ki 4:32 · Eccl 1:18 · Luke 16:29 · John 5:39 · John 20:31 · John 21:25 · +1 more

13This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.Cross-references: Gen 22:12 · Deut 4:2 · Deut 6:2 · Deut 10:12 · Job 28:28 · Ps 111:10 · +14 more

14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.Cross-references: Ps 96:13 · Eccl 3:17 · Eccl 11:9 · Matt 10:26 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 25:31 · +8 more