Ecclesiastes 12:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: Before the days of adversity come, and the years approach when you will say, ‘I have no delight in them’;

Cross References

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Indeed, if someone lives for many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness,  since they will be many. All that comes is futile.

Proverbs 22:6

Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

Luke 18:16

Jesus, however, invited them: ‘Let the little children come to me,   and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

2 Timothy 3:15

and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures,  which are able to give you wisdom for salvation  through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.

2 Samuel 19:35

I’m now eighty years old.  Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

1 Samuel 2:26

By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favour with the Lord and with people.

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph,  and he became a successful man, serving  in the household of his Egyptian master.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer.  He will be filled with the Holy Spirit  while still in his mother’s womb.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,  for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.’

Genesis 39:23

The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority,  because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, don’t stir up anger  in your children, but bring them up in the training  and instruction of the Lord.

Daniel 1:17

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding  in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams  of every kind.

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgements. Our desire is for your name and renown.

1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel served in the Lord’s presence   #– #this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.

1 Kings 18:12

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off  to some place I don’t know. Then when I go and report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

1 Samuel 1:28

I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.’  Then he  worshipped the Lord there.

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with grey, but he does not notice.

Job 30:2

What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigour had left them.

1 Kings 14:13

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favourable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.

Deuteronomy 8:18

but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors,  as it is today.

Nehemiah 4:14

After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,  ‘Don’t be afraid of them.  Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.’

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.

2 Samuel 19:36

Since your servant is only going with the king a little way across the Jordan, why should the king repay me with such a reward?