Ecclesiastes 12

The 2026 edition cites 5 passages touching Ecclesiastes 12, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

¹ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Larger Catechism 1

LC 104
The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him…

Ecclesiastes 12:7

⁷ Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Cited by 5 places in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 2

CF 4.2
After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true…
CF 32.1
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption; but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately…

Testimony of the RPCNA 2

T 32.2
We reject the idea of inactivity of the soul between death and resurrection called “soul sleep.”
T 32.5
We reject the idea that the soul at death is, or can be, reincarnated in another human or animal form.

Larger Catechism 1

LC 17
After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the…

Ecclesiastes 12:12

¹² And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Larger Catechism 1

LC 136
The sins forbidden in the sixth commandment are, all taking away the life of ourselves, or of others, except in case of public justice, lawful war, or…

Ecclesiastes 12:13

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 11.4
The justification of the believer does not diminish his obligation to obey divine law.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Westminster Confession of Faith 1

CF 33.1
God hath appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father. In which…