Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ REMEMBER [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them–[II Sam. 19:35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Common English Bible

¹ Remember your creator in your prime, before the days of trouble arrive, and those years, about which you’ll say, “I take no pleasure in these”—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, "These do not please me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Cross References

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian,

Genesis 39:23

the keeper of the prison paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph's care, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.

2 Samuel 19:35

I am this day eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:36

Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

1 Kings 14:13

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

1 Kings 18:12

And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you whither I know not; and so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have revered the Lord from my youth.

Nehemiah 4:14

And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

Job 30:2

What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone?

Psalm 119:55

I remember thy name in the night, O Lord, and keep thy law.

Psalm 34:11

Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 63:6

when I think of thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the watches of the night;

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Isaiah 26:8

In the path of thy judgments, O Lord, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Daniel 1:17

As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all letters and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Hosea 7:9

Aliens devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 18:16

But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:18

You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:26

Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.