Thematic Bible: Examples of Godly young men
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Piety » Examples of Godly young men
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted [as a sign of mourning and respect] for seven days.
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » Joash
Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Joash was seven years old when he began his forty-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle].
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » Josiah
For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.
Josiah was eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem. He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of David his father [forefather] and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young [sixteen], he began to seek after and yearn for the God of David his father [forefather]; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and molten images.
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » Timothy
and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
Verse Concepts
I remember your sincere and unqualified faith [the surrendering of your entire self to God in Christ with confident trust in His power, wisdom and goodness, a faith] which first lived in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it is in you as well.
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » Joseph
So Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this [a man equal to Joseph], in whom is the divine spirit [of God]?”
Now Joseph [had been in Egypt thirteen years and] was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Joseph departed from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt [performing his duties].
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » samuel
But the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.
Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord under the supervision of Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; visions [that is, new revelations of divine truth] were not widespread.
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » David
Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him. For you are [only] a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth.”
Young men » Examples of Godly young men
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted [as a sign of mourning and respect] for seven days.
Young men » Examples of Godly young men » Jesus (in the temple)
And He answered, “Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”