Concluding Exhortation: Fear God and Obey His Commands!

12:12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.38

There is no end to the making39 of many books,

and much study is exhausting to the body.40

12:13 Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion:41

Fear God and keep his commandments,

because this is the whole duty42 of man.

12:14 For God will evaluate every deed,43

including every secret thing, whether good or evil.