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NASB | Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶ The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶ When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person. |
Bible Question:
what can we learn from knig solomons life to apply to our life today and what was hes downfall |
Bible Answer: Frank - By all means study the Book of Ecclestiastes! One purpose of this book -- I would venture to say the chief purpose -- is the establishment of the futility ("vanity of vanities" as it's called throughout the book) of espousing a philosophy and manner of life that is not God centered. Solomon, albeit wise, made the terrible blunder of proceeding to do things his way, and his way for much of his life was according to worldly wisdom, seeking selfishly to grasp personal happiness through riches, knowledge, pleasure, possessions, power -- but leaving God out of the picture. Things haven't changed much since then, by the way. ...... King Solomon tasted of the best of everything that the world could afford. But in time what the world calls success, what it describes as "it doesn't get any better than this," Solomon found to be empty, lacking, sheer futility, utter meaninglessness, nothing but vanity. So with one of the most sweeping and profound statements one can find in all literature, secular or sacred, he concludes his book: "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclestiastes 12:13, ESV). .... In this single statement, if one should learn nothing more from Solomon than this, he has learned a more valuable lesson than ever could he learn should he read the works of all the secular philosophers the world over. --Hank |
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