Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Seek God in Early Life
12 Remember(A) now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the [a]difficult days come,
And the years draw near (B)when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
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- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Lit. evil
Lamentations 3:27
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27 (A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
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8 But if a man lives many years
And (A)rejoices in them all,
Yet let him (B)remember the days of darkness,
For they will be many.
All that is coming is vanity.
Psalm 71:17-18
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17 O God, You have taught me from my (A)youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
18 Now also (B)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.
Proverbs 22:6
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- Proverbs 22:6 Even
Luke 18:16
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16 But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for (A)of such is the kingdom of God.
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Psalm 34:11
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11 Come, you children, listen to me;
(A)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:15
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15 and that from childhood you have known (A)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was (A)ruddy, (B)with [a]bright eyes, and good-looking. (C)And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and (D)the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
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- 1 Samuel 16:12 Lit. beautiful
Psalm 90:10
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10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Luke 2:40-52
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40 (A)And the Child grew and became strong [a]in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars
41 His parents went to (B)Jerusalem (C)every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the (D)custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished the (E)days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And [b]Joseph and His mother did not know it; 44 but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances. 45 So when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him. 46 Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And (F)all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. 48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.”
49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be (G)about (H)My Father’s business?” 50 But (I)they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.
Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor
51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was [c]subject to them, but His mother (J)kept all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus (K)increased in wisdom and stature, (L)and in favor with God and men.
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Proverbs 8:17
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Ecclesiastes 11:10
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10 Therefore remove [a]sorrow from your heart,
And (A)put away evil from your flesh,
(B)For childhood and [b]youth are vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:10 vexation
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prime of life
Psalm 22:9-10
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9 (A)But You are He who took Me out of the womb;
You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon You from birth.
From My mother’s womb
(B)You have been My God.
2 Chronicles 34:2-3
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2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still (A)young, he began to (B)seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began (C)to purge Judah and Jerusalem (D)of the [a]high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.
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- 2 Chronicles 34:3 Places for pagan worship
2 Samuel 19:35
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35 I am today (A)eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?
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1 Samuel 3:19-21
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19 So Samuel (A)grew, and (B)the Lord was with him (C)and let none of his words [a]fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel (D)from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been [b]established as a prophet of the Lord. 21 Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by (E)the word of the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 3:19 fail
- 1 Samuel 3:20 confirmed
1 Samuel 2:26
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26 And the child Samuel (A)grew in stature, and (B)in favor both with the Lord and men.
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Genesis 39:2
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2 (A)The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. (B)For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (D)heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
- 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man
Genesis 39:23
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23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under [a]Joseph’s authority, because (A)the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
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- Genesis 39:23 Lit. his hand
Genesis 39:8-9
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8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. (A)How then can I do this great wickedness, and (B)sin against God?”
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Ephesians 6:4
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4 And (A)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (B)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
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Luke 1:15
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15 For he will be (A)great in the sight of the Lord, and (B)shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, (C)even from his mother’s womb.
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Daniel 1:17
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17 As for these four young men, (A)God gave them (B)knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had (C)understanding in all visions and dreams.
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