Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness'sake, O Jehovah.

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

Sorrow

For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

And put

His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

For

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.