- Insight from Butler’s Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 12—The various stages of life are given. •Youth (v. 1): do not wait until old before you seek God. •Old age (vv. 2–5): is pictured as a coming storm (v. 2), an old house (vv. 3, 4), and physical infirmities of old people (v. 5). •Death (vv. 6, 7): is pictured by one “loosed” thing (silver cord) and four “broken” things (silver cord, golden bowl, pitcher, wheel). •Conclusions (vv. 9–14): teaching (many proverbs), tongue (words of wisdom), and tribunal (every work judged).