Ecclesiastes 12:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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:

Cross References

Lamentations 3:27

Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.

Proverbs 22:6

It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Luke 18:16

But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Psalm 34:11

Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.

2 Timothy 3:15

And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 90:10

There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.

Proverbs 8:17

I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.

2 Samuel 19:35

I am this day fourscore years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or can meat or drink delight thy servant? Or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king?

1 Samuel 2:26

But the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and pleased both the Lord and men.

Genesis 39:2

And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master's house,

Luke 1:15

For he shall be great before the Lord; and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

1 Samuel 16:7

And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him. Nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Genesis 39:23

Neither did he himself know any thing, having committed all things to him: for the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper.

Ephesians 6:4

And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Isaiah 26:8

And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Kings 18:12

And when I am gone from thee, the spirit of the Lord will carry thee into a place that I know not: and I shall go in and tell Achab, and he not finding thee will kill me. But thy servant feareth the Lord from his infancy.

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord. All the days of his life he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:

Hosea 7:9

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, grey hairs also are spread about upon him, and he is ignorant of it.

Job 30:2

The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing: and they were thought unworthy of life itself.

1 Kings 14:13

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and shall bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall be laid in a sepulchre, because in his regard there is found a good word from the Lord the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.

Nehemiah 4:14

And I looked and rose up. And I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: Be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible; and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.

Psalm 63:6

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

2 Samuel 19:36

I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee. I need not this recompense.