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Six verses before the end the tone shifts abruptly. Beginning with the words "and moreover," a new perspective takes over that ties in the true answer.  Solomon does seem to suggest that there is a danger in being overly intellectual: "by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." (Ecc 12:12) Finally he reaches the conclusion: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."  

Six verses before the end the tone shifts abruptly. Beginning with the words "and moreover," a new perspective takes over that ties in the true answer.  Solomon does seem to suggest that there is a danger in being overly intellectual: "by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." (Ecc 12:12) Finally he reaches the conclusion: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."  

''Ecclesiastes'' should not be confused with ''Ecclesiasticus,'' which a completely different book of the Bible. ''Ecclesiasticus'' is found in the Catholic Douay bible; in Protestant bibles it is either omitted or included as one of the ''apocrypha,'' material considered valuable but not having the full authority of [[Holy Scripture|Scripture]].

''Ecclesiastes'' should not be confused with the completely different [[apocrypha]]l book of ''Ecclesiasticus'', which is found in some editions of the Bible.  (While Roman Catholics consider the Apocrypha canonical, Protestants consider it sometimes valuable but not authoritative, inspired [[Holy Scripture|Scripture]].)

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