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)
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