Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ecclesiastes 12:8; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

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Ecclesiastes 12:1

1 onor and enjoy your Creator while you're still young, Before the years take their toll and your vigor wanes,
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Ecclesiastes 12:8

8 It's all smoke, nothing but smoke. The Quester says that everything's smoke.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

13 The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you.
14 And that's it. Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it's good or evil.
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