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Verse 13. After all, the sum of the great business of human life is
comprised in this short sentence, on which some millions of books have
been already written!
FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
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This passage is properly regarded as the Epilogue of the whole book; a
kind of apology for the obscurity of many of its sayings. The passage
serves therefore to make the book more intelligible and mor...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_
2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the
concludin
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EPILOGUE.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified
with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words
of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
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THE CONCLUSION. See note on "the end", Ecclesiastes 3:11.
GOD. Hebrew. _'eth ha-'Elohim_. the [true and only] God; the great
Creator, who throughout the book is put in contrast with man (Hebrew.
_'ad...
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_Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter_ The word for "let us
hear" has been taken by some scholars as a participle with a gerundial
force, "_The_ SUM _of the_whole matter must be heard," but...
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DISCOURSE: 847
THE SUM OF ALL TRUE RELIGION
Ecclesiastes 12:13. _Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter;
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of
man. For God shall...
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LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION, &C.— _Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the
business of every man;_ Ecclesiastes 12:14. _Because God shall...
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B. MAN IS ADMONISHED TO FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
TEXT 12:13
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The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His
commandments, because this applies to...
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
A summary of the second, and the more important part. The whole forms
the epi...
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IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT
1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind
and body are failing, it will be too late.
1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 12
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8
V1 Remember who...
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WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. — Rather, _the duty of every man._ The sacred
writer practically anticipates the teaching of Romans 3:29....
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סֹ֥וף דָּבָ֖ר הַ כֹּ֣ל נִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶת
־הָ
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THE EPILOGUE
In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Conclusively Solved
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"STUDENTS," says the Talmud, "are of four kinds; they are like a
sponge, a funnel, a strainer, and a sieve: lik...
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“THE END OF THE MATTER”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful.
The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only
our tenement. Ou...
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The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge
the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the
sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
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_All man. The whole business and duty of man. (Challoner) --- This is
the sum of all profitable doctrine. (Worthington) --- He who does not
fear God, deserves not the title of man. He is nothing but v...
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall
bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whet...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER,.... Or "the end" o of
it. The sum and substance of it, what it all tends to and issues in;
even the whole of what is contained in this book, and in all...
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
Ver. 13. _Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter,_] _scil., _
Touch...
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_Let us hear the conclusion_, &c. The sum of all that hath been said
or written by wise men. _Fear God_ Which is put here for all the
inward worship of God, reverence, and love, and trust, and a
devot...
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, over against the
unsystematic devouring of books resulting in mental and spiritual
indigestion: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS; FOR THIS IS THE WHOL...
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THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK...
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LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER:
Or, the end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is...
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"THE CONCLUSION, WHEN ALL HAS BEEN HEARD IS: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS, BECAUSE THIS APPLIES TO EVERY PERSON."THE CONCLUSION"
-lit., 'the sum of all'. The final result after all is learned....
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8-14 Solomon repeats his text, VANITY OF VANITIES, ALL IS VANITY.
These are the words of one that could speak by dear-bought experience
of the vanity of the world, which can do nothing to ease men of...
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THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER; the sum and substance of all that
hath been said or written by wise men, so far as it is necessary for
us to know. FEAR GOD; which is synecdoically put here, as it...
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CONCLUSION (ECCLESIASTES 12:9).
Having given his final verdict on his musings the writer changes into
the third person. This was in order to stress the solemnity of what he
was saying. Moving into the...
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
In its happy influence religion, or a filial compliance with the will
of God, includes "the whole duty of man." It is self-contained
felicity.
I. A new heart itself is happiness. W...
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
I. Koheleth has achieved the quest. He has solved the problem and
given us his solution of it. He is about to repeat that solution. To
give emphasis and force to the repetition, that...
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
I. Among the causes of a sceptical spirit I may assign the first place
to that natural reaction against authority which results when the
understanding is first emancipated from the...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth:_
Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice,
«Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;_
Do not give God the dre...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the
world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love
of mirth, the indulgence...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ
_Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim,
Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20.
Certai...
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_Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
His commandments._
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
I. Life has a purpose. The architect intends the building he designs
and erects to answer a...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:8 Final Conclusion and
Epilogue. The Preacher restates his claim that all is “vanity.”
The epilogue affirms the wisdom of the Preacher, summons the reader to
pay c...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:13 The Preacher has already
pointed out the need to FEAR GOD (see note on 5:1–7) and to KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS (compare...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 12:12. MY SON.] An expression appropriate to the master
of wisdom when addressing his pupils; equivalent to “my scholar,”
or “dear reader.” (Proverbs 1:8.) OF MAKING MANY...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 12:1
The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is
closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter.
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1),
It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage
years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
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1 Peter 2:17; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 6:2; Ecclesiastes 2:3;...
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THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are
many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
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The conclusion — The sum of all that hath been said or written by
wise men. Fear God — Which is put here, for all the inward worship
of God, reverence, and love, and trust, and a devotedness of heart...