Beliebte Verse in Ecclesiastes 12

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After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.

God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.

So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, “I don't enjoy life.” That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away.

The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered. Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Useless, useless, said the Philosopher. It is all useless.