Ecclesiastes 11:10

A Conservative Version

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

2 Timothy 2:22

And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

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

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.

Job 20:11

His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 13:26

For thou write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Psalm 25:7

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. According to thy loving kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Job 11:12

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.