Ecc 12:9-11, Rom 10:14-15, Eph 4:29 | ESV | STEP | Besides being wise , the Preacher also taught the people knowledge , weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.

a[See ver. 8 above]

bSee Prov. 1:1

c[See ver. 8 above]

d Prov. 22:17

e Ezra 9:8; Isa. 22:23

f Prov. 1:6; 2:6

g Ps. 80:1; Ezek. 34:23; John 10:11, 16

h Eph. 4:21; [John 9:36; 17:20]

j[Acts 8:31; Titus 1:3]

kCited from Isa. 52:7; [Nah. 1:15; Eph. 6:15]

l ch. 5:4; Col. 3:8; [Matt. 12:34]

m Col. 4:6; [Eccles. 10:12]

Ecclesiastes 12:9-11

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

9 Besides being wise, ^athe Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging ^bmany proverbs with great care. 10 ^cThe Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

11 ^dThe words of the wise are like goads, and like ^enails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are ^fgiven by ^gone Shepherd.

Romans 10:14-15

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^hof whom they have never heard? ^{▼▼Or him whom they have never heard} And how are they to hear ^jwithout someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^k“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Ephesians 4:29

29 ^lLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give ^mgrace to those who hear.