Ecclesiastes 12:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.

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  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, & to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?
  • Eccl 5:7 : 7 (5:6) For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 That thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercie is from generation to generation on them that feare him.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
  • Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer. 1 Prayse ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, and deliteth greatly in his commandements.
  • Deut 4:2 : 2 Ye shal put nothing vnto the word which I command you, neither shal ye take ought there from, that ye may keepe the commandements of the Lord your God which I commande you.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He wil fulfill the desire of them that feare him: he also wil heare their cry, and wil saue them.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 But the Lorde deliteth in them that feare him, and attende vpon his mercie.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.
  • Ps 115:13-15 : 13 He will blesse them that feare the Lorde, both small and great. 14 The Lord will increase his graces towarde you, euen toward you and toward your children. 15 Ye are blessed of the Lorde, which made the heauen and the earth.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lorde continually.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.
  • Rev 19:5 : 5 Then a voyce came out of the throne, saying, Prayse our God, all ye his seruants, and ye that feare him, both small and great.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.

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  • 14 For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

  • 12 And of other things beside these, my sone, take thou heede: for there is none ende in making many bookes, and much reading is a wearines of the flesh.

  • Eccl 3:10-15
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    10 I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

    11 He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end.

    12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

    13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. This is the gift of God.

    14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.

    15 What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

  • 10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7 And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

    8 Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • 18 (7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

  • 27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.

  • 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

  • 1 Prayse ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, and deliteth greatly in his commandements.

  • 23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

  • 22 Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • 12 There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

  • 5 He that keepeth the commandement, shall knowe none euill thing, and the heart of the wise shall knowe the time and iudgement.

  • Job 34:15-16
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    15 All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

    16 And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Eccl 11:8-9
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    8 Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

    9 Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

  • 13 And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

  • 12 Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11 (7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • 20 All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

  • 1 I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • 10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • 9 And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.

  • 13 That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

  • 24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2 Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

    3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • 10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lorde, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

  • 8 Let all the earth feare the Lord: let al them that dwell in the world, feare him.

  • 32 Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.

  • 2 I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

  • 24 Therefore feare you the Lorde, and serue him in the trueth with all your hearts, and consider howe great things he hath done for you.

  • 2 (7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

  • 7 (5:6) For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

  • 1 Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:

  • 9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

  • 12 Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.

  • 18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.

  • 13 But go thou thy way til ye end be: for thou shalt rest & stand vp in thy lot, at ye end of ye daies.

  • 13 He that despiseth the worde, hee shall be destroyed: but hee that feareth the commaundement he shalbe rewarded.

  • 9 The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and indureth for euer: the iudgements of the Lorde are trueth: they are righteous altogether,

  • 3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.