1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

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Lamentations 3:27, Lamentations 3:27, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Psalms 71:17

2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

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Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 5:30, 1 Samuel 4:18, 1 Samuel 4:15, 1 Samuel 4:18

3in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, 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,

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Psalms 90:9, Psalms 90:10, Psalms 90:9, Psalms 90:10, Psalms 102:23

4and the doors shall be shut in the street; 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;

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Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 25:10, 2 Samuel 19:35, 2 Samuel 19:35, Revelation 18:22

5yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in 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:

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Job 17:13, Job 17:13, Job 30:23, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20

6before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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Zechariah 4:2, Zechariah 4:3, Zechariah 4:2, Zechariah 4:3

7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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Daniel 12:2, Daniel 12:2, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Psalms 146:4

8Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. All is vanity!

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Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Psalms 62:9, Ecclesiastes 8:8

9Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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1 Kings 4:32, 1 Kings 4:32, Proverbs 1:1, Proverbs 1:1, Proverbs 25:1

10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

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Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:5, 1 Timothy 1:15, 1 Timothy 1:15, Proverbs 16:21

11The 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.

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Hebrews 4:12, Acts 2:37, Hebrews 4:12, Acts 2:37, Ezekiel 34:23

12Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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Ecclesiastes 1:18, Ecclesiastes 1:18, John 21:25, John 21:25, John 5:39

13This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

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Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:12, Micah 6:8, Deuteronomy 6:2, Micah 6:8

14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

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2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:16, Romans 2:16, Matthew 12:36