Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1

Contemporary English Version

⁹Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.

¹⁰Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.

12 Keep your Creator in mind while you are young! In years to come, you will be burdened down with troubles and say, “I don't enjoy life anymore.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Contemporary English Version

¹³Everything you were taught can be put into a few words:

Respect and obey God!
This is what life
    is all about.
¹⁴God will judge
    everything we do,
even what is done in secret,
    whether good or bad.

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