Ecclesiastes 11:10

New International Version

So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.

Cross References

Job 11:12

But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

Job 13:26

For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.

Job 20:11

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

Psalm 25:7

Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.

Psalm 39:5

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.

Psalm 39:6

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.