Remember Your Creator
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, Lam 3:27Ecc 11:8Psa 71:17-18Pro 22:6Luk 18:16Psa 34:112Ti 3:151Sa 16:12-13
before the days of adversity come
and the years approach of which you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them,”
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, Isa 5:301Sa 3:21Sa 4:151Sa 4:18Ecc 11:7-8Ezk 32:7-8Gen 27:1Gen 48:10
and the clouds return after the rain,
on the day the keepers of the house tremble Psa 90:9-10Psa 102:231Sa 3:22Sa 21:15-17Gen 27:1Gen 48:10Zec 8:4
and the strong men stoop,
when those grinding cease because they are few
and those watching through windows see dimly,
when the doors to the street are shut Jer 25:102Sa 19:35Rev 18:22
and the sound of the mill fades away,
when one rises at the sound of a bird
and all the daughters of song grow faint,
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, Job 17:13Jer 9:17-20Job 30:23Pro 16:31Gen 50:3-10Job 15:10Lev 19:32Psa 49:10-14
when the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry shrivels—
for then man goes to his eternal home
and mourners walk the streets.
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped Zec 4:2-3
and the golden bowl is crushed,
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring
and the wheel is broken at the well,
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came Dan 12:2Ecc 3:20-21Psa 146:4Gen 3:19Job 34:14-15Zec 12:1Isa 57:16Gen 2:7
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. Ecc 1:2Ecc 6:12Ecc 8:8Ecc 1:14Ecc 2:17Ecc 4:4Psa 62:9
“Everything is futile!”
The Whole Duty of Man
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs. 1Ki 4:32Pro 1:1Pro 25:11Ki 10:8Pro 10:11Ki 8:12-21 The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth. 1 Col 1:51Ti 1:15Pro 16:21-24Pro 1:1-6Pro 15:26Pro 22:17-21Pro 25:11-12Pro 8:6-10
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd. 2 Act 2:37Heb 4:12Jer 23:29Ezk 34:232Co 10:4Isa 40:11Jhn 3:10Pro 1:6 And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body. Ecc 1:18Jhn 21:252Pe 1:19-21Jhn 5:391Ki 4:32Luk 16:29-31Jhn 20:31
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. Deu 10:12Mic 6:8Deu 6:2Psa 111:10Job 28:28Psa 145:19Luk 1:50Ecc 8:12 For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil. 2Co 5:10Rom 2:16Mat 12:361Co 4:5Mat 10:26Rom 14:10-12Ecc 11:9Luk 12:1-2