Ecclesiastes 12:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern–

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  • Zech 4:2-3 : 2 He asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven pipes going to the lamps. 3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”

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  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

    8Concluding Refrain: Qoheleth Restates His Thesis“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“All of these things are futile!”

  • Eccl 12:1-5
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    1Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;

    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

    3when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

    4and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,

    5and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–

  • Ps 141:7
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    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Job 14:10-12
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    10But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?

    11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

  • Job 17:11
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    11My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

    12For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

  • Isa 30:14
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    14It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

  • Eccl 11:8-10
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    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

    9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

    10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

  • Job 12:14-15
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    14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

    15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

  • Eccl 3:20
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    20Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

  • Job 34:15
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    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Job 8:12
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    12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

  • Job 12:12
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    12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

  • Eccl 3:6
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    6A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

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    2It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

  • Eccl 9:12
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    12Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

  • Job 17:16
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    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!

  • Prov 5:11
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    11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile– like chasing the wind.

  • Lev 11:33
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    33As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it.

  • Job 31:22
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    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Job 6:12
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    12Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?

  • Job 12:5
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    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • 2 Sam 14:14
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    14Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

  • Job 33:22
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    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Job 4:19
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    19how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

  • Nah 2:6
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    6The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

  • Job 5:26
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    26You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

    16Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

  • Isa 19:10
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    10Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

  • Eccl 1:2
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    2Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

  • Job 16:22
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    22For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.