Ecclesiastes 12:9-12

New International Version

The Conclusion of the Matter

⁹ Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.^{(A) 10} The Teacher^(B) searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.^(C)

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails^(D)—given by one shepherd.^{[a] 12} Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.^(E)