Ecclesiastes 12:12

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

¹²^[+] And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

FBV

¹²In addition, my student, take care, for there's no end to book writing, and too much study wears you out.

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 1:18

¹⁸For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

John 21:25

²⁵There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

John 5:39

³⁹“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

¹⁹We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts, ²⁰knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. ²¹For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

1 Kings 4:32

³²He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.

Luke 16:29-31

²⁹“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

³⁰“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

³¹“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”

John 20:31

³¹but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.