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section. Let me go ahead and read the last

two verses of this chapter. But basically

from chapter 8, verse 16, chapter 9, chapter

10, chapter 11, and chapter 12 is the fourth

section, and it's coming to a conclusion here

in these last few verses. Now, what do we

find from chapters 9, 10, and 11? In general,

we find death, foolishness, childlessness,

idleness, laziness, and many other things.

That's what we find, again, living apart from

God. Solomon even addresses the young

men in chapter 11, verses 9 and 10. He gives

them warning: Enjoy life; walk with God, but

he said there is a judgment day. In chapter

12 and verse 1 he said, “Remember now thy

Creator in the days of thy youth, while the

evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,

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