Ecclesiastes 10-12 - Fear God and Keep His Commandments

The Folly of a Simpleminded Fool

Ecc 10:4 ESV - [4] If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

Ecc 10:20 LSB - [20] Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the sky will bring the sound and the winged creature will tell the matter.

Cast Your Bread on the Waters

Ecc 11:5 LSB - [5] Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones [are formed] in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who works all things.

Ecc 11:9 LSB - [9] Be glad, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be merry during the days of young manhood. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sights of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Ecc 11:10 LSB - [10] So, remove vexation from your heart and put away evil from your flesh because childhood and the prime of life are vanity.

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

Ecc 12:1-4 LSB - [1] Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days happen and the years draw near in which you will say, "I have no delight in them"; 

[2] before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 

[3] in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and valiant men bend down, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dark; 

[4] and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly.

Ecc 12:6-7 LSB - 

[6] [Remember Him] before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; 

[7] then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

Ecc 12:13-14 LSB - [13] The end of the matter, all [that] has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is [the end of the matter for] all mankind. [14] For God will bring every work to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.