Ecclesiastes 12:1
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12 Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
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Lamentations 3:27
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27 It is good for one to bear
the yoke in youth,(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:8
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8 Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all, yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.(A)
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.(A)
Psalm 71:17-18
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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.(A)
18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(B)
Footnotes
- 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Luke 18:16
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16 But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
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Psalm 34:11
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11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)
2 Timothy 3:15
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15 and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Ecclesiastes 11:10
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10 Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.(A)
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1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is the one.”(A) 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.(B)
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Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Psalm 90:10
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10 The days of our life are seventy years
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span[a] is only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.(A)
Footnotes
- 90.10 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb pride
Psalm 22:9-10
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9 Yet it was you who took me from the womb;
you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.(A)
10 On you I was cast from my birth,
and since my mother bore me you have been my God.(B)
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”(A)
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2 Samuel 19:35
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35 Today I am eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?(A)
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1 Samuel 3:19-21
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19 As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.(A) 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.(B) 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.(C)
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Genesis 39:2
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2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:26
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26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:18
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The Child Samuel at Shiloh
18 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.(A)
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Genesis 39:23
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23 The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him, and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.(A)
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Genesis 39:8-9
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8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”(A)
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Ephesians 6:4
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4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.(A)
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Luke 2:40-52
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40 The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.(A)
The Boy Jesus in the Temple
41 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover.(B) 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. 43 When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of this. 44 Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.(C) 48 When his parents[a] saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously looking for you.”(D) 49 He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”[b](E) 50 But they did not understand what he said to them.(F) 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.(G)
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years[c] and in divine and human favor.(H)
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Luke 1:15
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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.(A)
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Daniel 1:17
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17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and skill in every aspect of literature and wisdom; Daniel also had insight into all visions and dreams.(A)
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