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Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 1:12 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher. Utterly

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:1–2 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 12:13–14 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

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  • 1. Reverently obey your Creator

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth…

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  • 1. Reverently obey your Creator
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  • 1. Reverently obey your Creator

Deuteronomy 8:6 Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him.

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  • 1. Reverently obey your Creator

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the

matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

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  • 1. Reverently obey your Creator
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  • 2. Your days will end in death

1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,

before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the

stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,

and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the

stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,

and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the

stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,

and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

4 when the doors to the street are closed

and the sound of grinding fades; when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

4 when the doors to the street are closed

and the sound of grinding fades; when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

5 when men are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

5 when men are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

5 when men are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

5 when men are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

5 when men are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

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6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,

  • r the golden bowl is broken;

before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

  • r the wheel broken at the well,
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Genesis 2:7 …the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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7 …and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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  • 2. Your days will end in death

8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.

“Everything is meaningless!”

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted

knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched

  • ut and set in order many proverbs.

10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words,

and what he wrote was upright and true.

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

11 The words of the wise are like goads,

their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails— given by one Shepherd.

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

11 The words of the wise are like goads,

their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails— given by one Shepherd.

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the

matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,

including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

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11 …like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.

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  • 3. Your Shepherd offers life

John 10:10–11 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”