Lamentations 3:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him;