Ecclesiastes 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Remember

While

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Job 30:2

Hosea 7:9

When

2 Samuel 19:35

General references

Exodus 16:21

Bible References

Remember

So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.

And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.

And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

While

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.

When

I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?

General references

And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.