Ecclesiastes 12:1

New American Bible - revised edition

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”;

Cross References

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph and he enjoyed great success and was assigned to the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 39:23

The chief jailer did not have to look after anything that was in Joseph’s charge, since the Lord was with him and was bringing success to whatever he was doing.

2 Samuel 19:35

But Barzillai answered the king: “How much longer have I to live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

2 Samuel 19:36

I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks, or still hear the voices of men and women singers? Why should your servant be any further burden to my lord the king?

1 Kings 14:13

and all Israel will mourn him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam’s line will be laid in the grave, since in him alone of Jeroboam’s house has something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, been found.

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!

Nehemiah 4:14

wherever you hear the trumpet sound, join us there; our God will fight with us.”

Job 30:2

Such strength as they had meant nothing to me; their vigor had perished.

Psalm 119:55

Even at night I remember your name in observance of your law, Lord.

Psalm 34:11

The rich grow poor and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 63:6

My soul shall be sated as with choice food, with joyous lips my mouth shall praise you!

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Proverbs 22:6

Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.

Proverbs 8:17

Those who love me I also love, and those who seek me find me.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Make seven, or even eight portions; you know not what misfortune may come upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

However many years mortals may live, let them, as they enjoy them all, remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that is to come is vanity.

Isaiah 26:8

The course of your judgments, Lord, we await; your name and your memory are the desire of our souls.

Lamentations 3:27

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

Daniel 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and proficiency in all literature and wisdom, and to Daniel the understanding of all visions and dreams.

Hosea 7:9

Strangers have consumed his strength, but he does not know it; Gray hairs are strewn on his head, but he takes no notice of it.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of [the] Lord. He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb,

Luke 18:16

Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, “Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord. Slaves and Masters.

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember then the Lord, your God, for he is the one who gives you the power to get wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant he swore to your ancestors.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I, in turn, give him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the Lord.” Then they worshiped there before the Lord.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance. The Lord looks into the heart.

1 Samuel 2:18

Meanwhile the boy Samuel, wearing a linen ephod, was serving in the presence of the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:26

Meanwhile, young Samuel was growing in stature and in worth in the estimation of the Lord and the people. The Fate of Eli’s House.