Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Ecclesiastes 12?
Ecclesiastes 12 opens with these words: “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no…” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 12:13: “This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.” Carry the word “matter” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ecclesiastes 12:13: “This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.” What happens first in Ecclesiastes 12?
Ecclesiastes 12:13
“This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.”
Ecclesiastes 12:3
“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 who look out of the windows are darkened,”
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Say it
Practice Ecclesiastes 12:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThisistheendoftheAllhasbeenheard.God,andhiscommandments;forthisisthewholedutyofman.