Remember also 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 evil days come, and the years draw near,
when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are 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;
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, Psa 90:9-10Psa 102:231Sa 3:22Sa 21:15-17Gen 27:1Gen 48:10Zec 8:4
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,
and the doors shall be shut in the street; Jer 25:102Sa 19:35Rev 18:22
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;
yes, they shall be afraid of heights, Job 17:13Jer 9:17-20Job 30:23Pro 16:31Gen 50:3-10Job 15:10Lev 19:32Psa 49:10-14
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;
before the silver cord is severed, Zec 4:2-3
or the golden bowl is broken,
or the pitcher is broken at the spring,
or the wheel broken at the cistern,
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, 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.
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. Ecc 1:2Ecc 6:12Ecc 8:8Ecc 1:14Ecc 2:17Ecc 4:4Psa 62:9
“All is vanity!”
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 1Ki 4:32Pro 1:1Pro 25:11Ki 10:8Pro 10:11Ki 8:12-21 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth. 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 like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Act 2:37Heb 4:12Jer 23:29Ezk 34:232Co 10:4Isa 40:11Jhn 3:10Pro 1:6 Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Ecc 1:18Jhn 21:252Pe 1:19-21Jhn 5:391Ki 4:32Luk 16:29-31Jhn 20:31
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. Deu 10:12Mic 6:8Deu 6:2Psa 111:10Job 28:28Psa 145:19Luk 1:50Ecc 8:12 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil. 2Co 5:10Rom 2:16Mat 12:361Co 4:5Mat 10:26Rom 14:10-12Ecc 11:9Luk 12:1-2