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Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 Remember
thoughtfully also your Creator 

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in the days of your youth, for 
you are not your own, but His. 

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Before the evil days come, or 
the years draw near, when you 

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will say of physical pleasures, 
I have no enjoyment and delight 

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in them. 
Before the sun and the light, 

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and the moon and the stars are 
darkened by impaired vision, and

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the clouds of depression return 
after the rain of tears. 

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In the day When the keepers of 
the house, or hands or arms 

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tremble, and the strong men or 
feet or knees bow themselves, 

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and the grinders or molar teeth 
cease because they are few. 

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And those or eyes who look 
through the windows grow dim 

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when the doors or lips are shut 
in the streets. 

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And the sound of the grinding of
the teeth is low. 

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And 1 rises at the sound of a 
bird and the crowing of a 

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rooster. 
And all the daughters of music 

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or voice or ears sing softly. 
Furthermore, they are afraid of 

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a high place and of dangers. 
On the road. 

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The almond tree or hare blossoms
white, and the grasshopper or a 

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little thing is a burden. 
And the caper Berry or desire or

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appetite fails. 
For man goes to his eternal 

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home, and the mourners go about 
the streets and marketplaces 

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earnestly. 
Remember your Creator before the

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silver cord of life is broken, 
or the golden bowl is crushed, 

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or the pitcher at the fountain 
is shattered, and the wheel at 

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the cistern is crushed. 
Then the dust out of which God 

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made man's body will return to 
the earth as it was, and the 

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Spirit will return to God who 
gave it. 

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Vanity of vanities, says the 
preacher. 

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All that is done without God's 
guidance is vanity or futility. 

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Furthermore, because the 
preacher was wise, he still 

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taught the people knowledge, and
he pondered and searched out and

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arranged many proverbs. 
The preacher sought to find 

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delightful words, even to write 
correctly, words of truth. 

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The words of the wise are like 
prodding goads and these 

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collected sayings are firmly 
fixed in the mind like well 

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driven nails. 
They are given by 1 Shepherd. 

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But beyond this, my son, about 
going further than the words 

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given by 1 Shepherd, be warned, 
the writing of many books is 

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endless, so do not believe 
everything you read and 

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excessive study and devotion to 
books is wearying to the body 

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when all has been heard. 
The end of the matter is fear. 

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God worship Him with all field 
reverence, knowing that He is 

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Almighty God and keep His 
commandments. 

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For this applies to every 
person, for God will bring every

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act to judgement, every hidden 
and secret thing, whether it is 

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good or evil. 
Thank you for tuning into the 

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Audio Bible podcast today. 
This has been Ecclesiastes 

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chapter 12 and concludes our 
reading in the Old Testament 

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book of Ecclesiastes from the 
Word of God.