Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 12:13
A church father on this verse
“If fear of God comes from knowledge but knowledge is going to pass away, as Paul says, then we shall be completely destroyed when there is no knowledge. All that we are will be gone, and we shall be in a state no better but much worse than irrational beings. For in knowledge we have the advantage over them, whereas in…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep his commandments: For this is the whole man.
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11The words of the wise are as goads, And as nails firmly fastened, Which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: Of making many books there is no end; And much study is a weariness of the flesh.
— Ecclesiastes 12:13 —
14For God will bring every work into judgment, With everything that has been overlooked, Whether it be good, or whether it be evil.