Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";

For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

Sorrow

For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.

And put

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

For

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.