--- title: "Ecclesiastes 12 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Ecclesiastes 12 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in the" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/12" --- [ Read](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12)[ Commentary](/study/ecclesiastes/12)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12) Audio 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In 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 that look out of the windows be darkened,* 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 5 Also *when* they shall be afraid of *that which is* high, and fears *shall be* in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 8 ¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all *is* vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, *and* set in order many proverbs.* 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and *that which was* written *was* upright, *even* words of truth.* 11 The words of the wise *are* as goads, and as nails fastened *by* the masters of assemblies, *which* are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books *there is* no end; and much study *is* a weariness of the flesh.* 13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this *is* the whole *duty* of man.* 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether *it be* good, or whether *it be* evil. [Ecclesiastes 11](/study/ecclesiastes/11) [Song of Solomon 1](/study/song-of-solomon/1) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Remember:** [Ecclesiastes 11:10](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11/10), [Genesis 39:2](/kjv/genesis/39/2), [Genesis 39:8](/kjv/genesis/39/8), [Genesis 39:9](/kjv/genesis/39/9), [Genesis 39:23](/kjv/genesis/39/23), [1 Samuel 1:28](/kjv/1-samuel/1/28), [1 Samuel 2:18](/kjv/1-samuel/2/18), [1 Samuel 2:26](/kjv/1-samuel/2/26), [1 Samuel 3:19-21](/kjv/1-samuel/3/19-21), [1 Samuel 16:7](/kjv/1-samuel/16/7), [1 Samuel 16:12](/kjv/1-samuel/16/12), [1 Samuel 16:13](/kjv/1-samuel/16/13), [1 Samuel 17:36](/kjv/1-samuel/17/36), [1 Samuel 17:37](/kjv/1-samuel/17/37), [1 Kings 3:6-12](/kjv/1-kings/3/6-12), [1 Kings 14:13](/kjv/1-kings/14/13), [1 Kings 18:12](/kjv/1-kings/18/12), [2 Chronicles 34:2](/kjv/2-chronicles/34/2), [2 Chronicles 34:3](/kjv/2-chronicles/34/3), [Psalms 22:9](/kjv/psalms/22/9), [Psalms 22:10](/kjv/psalms/22/10), [Psalms 34:11](/kjv/psalms/34/11), [Psalms 71:17](/kjv/psalms/71/17), [Psalms 71:18](/kjv/psalms/71/18), [Proverbs 8:17](/kjv/proverbs/8/17), [Proverbs 22:6](/kjv/proverbs/22/6), [Isaiah 26:8](/kjv/isaiah/26/8), [Lamentations 3:27](/kjv/lamentations/3/27), [Daniel 1:8](/kjv/daniel/1/8), [Daniel 1:9](/kjv/daniel/1/9), [Daniel 1:17](/kjv/daniel/1/17), [Luke 1:15](/kjv/luke/1/15), [Luke 2:40-52](/kjv/luke/2/40-52), [Luke 18:16](/kjv/luke/18/16), [Ephesians 6:4](/kjv/ephesians/6/4), [2 Timothy 3:15](/kjv/2-timothy/3/15) **while:** [Ecclesiastes 11:8](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11/8), [Job 30:2](/kjv/job/30/2), [Psalms 90:10](/kjv/psalms/90/10), [Hosea 7:9](/kjv/hosea/7/9) **when:** [2 Samuel 19:35](/kjv/2-samuel/19/35) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:1](/kjv/genesis/1/1) - God [Genesis 5:1](/kjv/genesis/5/1) - in the likeness [Exodus 10:9](/kjv/exodus/10/9) - We will go [Exodus 16:21](/kjv/exodus/16/21) - *General* [Judges 8:34](/kjv/judges/8/34) - remembered [2 Samuel 19:37](/kjv/2-samuel/19/37) - Let thy [Job 35:10](/kjv/job/35/10) - Where [Psalms 41:1](/kjv/psalms/41/1) - time of trouble [Psalms 71:5](/kjv/psalms/71/5) - my trust [Psalms 71:9](/kjv/psalms/71/9) - when [Psalms 95:6](/kjv/psalms/95/6) - our [Psalms 100:3](/kjv/psalms/100/3) - it is he [Psalms 119:9](/kjv/psalms/119/9) - shall [Proverbs 1:4](/kjv/proverbs/1/4) - to the [Ecclesiastes 8:6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/8/6) - therefore [Ecclesiastes 11:9](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11/9) - in thy youth [Jeremiah 13:16](/kjv/jeremiah/13/16) - before [Matthew 20:2](/kjv/matthew/20/2) - he sent [Ephesians 5:16](/kjv/ephesians/5/16) - the days [Ephesians 6:13](/kjv/ephesians/6/13) - in the [Titus 2:6](/kjv/titus/2/6) - Young ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/12#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/12#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/12","name":"Ecclesiastes 12 - 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