Ecclesiastes 11:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Rejoice, O youth, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; Yet understand regarding all this that God will bring you to judgment.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and the tree was desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of human beings were, and so they took for their wives whomever they pleased.

1 Kings 18:12

After I leave you, the spirit of the Lord will carry you to some place I do not know, and when I go to inform Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me—though your servant has revered the Lord from his youth!

1 Kings 18:27

When it was noon, Elijah taunted them: “Call louder, for he is a god; he may be busy doing his business, or may be on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

1 Kings 22:15

When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to fight at Ramoth-gilead, or shall we refrain?” He said, “Attack and conquer! The Lord will give it into the power of the king.”

Job 31:7

If my steps have turned out of the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or any stain clings to my hands,

Psalm 81:12

But my people did not listen to my words; Israel would not submit to me.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come And the years approach of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Ecclesiastes 12:14

because God will bring to judgment every work, with all its hidden qualities, whether good or bad.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Nothing that my eyes desired did I deny them, nor did I deprive myself of any joy; rather, my heart rejoiced in the fruit of all my toil. This was my share for all my toil.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I recognized that there is nothing better than to rejoice and to do well during life.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since a time is set for every affair and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

“What the eyes see is better than what the desires wander after.” This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him. Critique of Sages on Justice and Wickedness.

Jeremiah 23:17

They say to those who despise the word of the Lord, “Peace shall be yours”; And to everyone who walks in hardness of heart, “No evil shall overtake you.”

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen to me, nor did they pay attention. They walked in the stubbornness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a person, when young, to bear the yoke,

Numbers 15:30

But anyone who acts defiantly, whether a native or an alien, reviles the Lord, and shall be cut off from among the people.

Numbers 15:39

When you use these tassels, the sight of the cord will remind you of all the commandments of the Lord and you will do them, without prostituting yourself going after the desires of your hearts and your eyes.

Numbers 22:32

But the angel of the Lord said to him: “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come as an adversary because this rash journey of yours is against my will.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 12:19

and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’

Acts 14:16

In past generations he allowed all Gentiles to go their own ways;

Acts 24:25

But as he spoke about righteousness and self-restraint and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now; when I find an opportunity I shall summon you again.”

Romans 14:10

Why then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. Paul’s Life as Pattern.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil. The Ministry of Reconciliation.

Deuteronomy 29:19

the Lord will never consent to pardon them. Instead, the Lord’s burning wrath will flare up against them; every curse written in this book will pounce on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under the heavens.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment,

Joshua 7:21

Among the spoils, I saw a beautiful Babylonian mantle, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; I coveted them and I took them. They are now hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

2 Peter 3:7

The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.