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Notice in closing Solomon says in verses

13 and 14, “Let us hear the conclusion of the

whole matter: Fear God…” We find that fear

mentioned again in 3:14 and 7:18. And then

he says, “…and keep his commandments:

for this is the whole duty of man. For God
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shall bring every work into judgment, with

every secret thing, whether it be good, or

whether it be evil.” We see very clearly in

the closing remarks here that this is the

conclusion that I believe Solomon comes to

in his later years. He didn't even take his

own advice in the things he wrote in

Proverbs, but now I see a confession; I see

repentance. I don't really see bitterness, but

I see a man who has wasted some of his life,

and he's come to repentance, and he closes

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