Ecclesiastes 12
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 12:1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2
- 12:5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: 2
- 12:6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 1
- 12:7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. 1
- 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 1
American Standard Version
Where it is preached
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Eighth Stage cites Eccles. 12:6
…as a true messenger, saying, “I have broken thy golden bowl, and loosed thy silver cord.” Eccles. 12:6. After this, Mr. Ready-to-halt called for his fellow-pilgrims, and told them, saying, I a…
- The Life of Trust ·
The Field Widening cites Ecclesiastes xii. 1
… thanksgiving, I addressed the children of our day schools and the orphans, about 350, on Ecclesiastes xii. 1. In addition to the items mentioned above, donations were received during the year, of mo…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Wish to Put Off a Decision Until Some Other Time cites Ecc. xii. 1
…or Heb. iii. 15. 4. Those who say “I am too young,” or “I want to wait until I am older.” Ecc. xii. 1, is an all–sufficient answer to such. Matt. xix. 14, and xviii. 3, are also good passages…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Eccl 12: 5
…able for old age; whose grey hairs are resembled to the white flowers of the almond-tree. Eccl 12: 5. There are fathers for seniority, on whose wrinkled brows, and in the furrows of whose ch…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Eccl. 12:5
…vanced in years; though your strength be impaired so that the “grasshopper is a burthen,” Eccl. 12:5, and though you have by your long continuance in sin, rendered this great work so hard, t…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites Eccles. 12:7
…m these none can hope to be perfectly freed till the spirit returns to God that gave it. [Eccles. 12:7] 8. Nor can we expect, till then, to be wholly free from temptation. Such perfection belo…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Eccl. 12:14
… be brought forth, as evidences of what he is; what he has done in darkness and in light: Eccl. 12:14, "For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be goo…