Seek God in Early Life

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best

14 For (A)God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

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Do Not Love the World

15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:1 Lit. evil

27 (A)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

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17 I said in my heart,

(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire

10 (A)For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,

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If my step has turned from the way,
Or (A)my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

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(A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience, (D)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (E)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (F)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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  1. Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon

10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For (A)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [a]Christ.

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  1. Romans 14:10 NU God

12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (E)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (F)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (G)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (H)This is the second [b]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (I)was cast into the lake of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne
  2. Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.

28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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