“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ecclesiastes 12 contains 14 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.