Ecclesiastes 12:1

New English Translation

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Cross References

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 39:23

The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful.

2 Samuel 19:35

I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:36

I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

1 Kings 14:13

All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Kings 18:12

But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the Lord from my youth.

Nehemiah 4:14

When I had 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 awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!”

Job 30:2

Moreover, the strength of their hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

Psalm 119:55

I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law.

Psalm 34:11

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

Psalm 63:6

whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

Psalm 90:10

The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Proverbs 22:6

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Proverbs 8:17

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

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many – all that is about to come is obscure.

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. י (Yod)

Daniel 1:17

Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

Luke 18:16

But Jesus called for the children, saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:18

You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:26

Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.