'Young' in the Bible

But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” And he answered, “You.”

Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000.

The young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’”

Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”

So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

also Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.’ Thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

and worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.

Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods.

Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

Then the king’s attendants, who served him, said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them.

Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly.

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.

Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

“Even young children despise me;I rise up and they speak against me.

The young men saw me and hid themselves,And the old men arose and stood.

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,“I am young in years and you are old;Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

“Who prepares for the raven its nourishmentWhen its young cry to GodAnd wander about without food?

“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,They get rid of their labor pains.

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

“His young ones also suck up blood;And where the slain are, there is he.”

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,And Sirion like a young wild ox.

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

I have been young and now I am old,Yet I have not seen the righteous forsakenOr his descendants begging bread.

“I shall take no young bull out of your houseNor male goats out of your folds.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

And it will please the Lord better than an oxOr a young bull with horns and hoofs.

Fire devoured His young men,And His virgins had no wedding songs.

The bird also has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

You will tread upon the lion and cobra,The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

The young lions roar after their preyAnd seek their food from God.

He spoke, and locusts came,And young locusts, even without number,

Beth.How can a young man keep his way pure?By keeping it according to Your word.

He gives to the beast its food,And to the young ravens which cry.

Both young men and virgins;Old men and children.

And I saw among the naive,And discerned among the youthsA young man lacking sense,

The glory of young men is their strength,And the honor of old men is their gray hair.

The eye that mocks a fatherAnd scorns a mother,The ravens of the valley will pick it out,And the young eagles will eat it.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

“If you yourself do not know,Most beautiful among women,Go forth on the trail of the flockAnd pasture your young goatsBy the tents of the shepherds.

“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,So is my beloved among the young men.In his shade I took great delight and sat down,And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.Behold, he is standing behind our wall,He is looking through the windows,He is peering through the lattice.

“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelleOr a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.

“Your teeth are like a flock of ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.

“Hurry, my beloved,And be like a gazelle or a young stagOn the mountains of spices.”

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;It growls as it seizes the preyAnd carries it off with no one to deliver it.

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,And every mouth is speaking foolishness.In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;And a little boy will lead them.

Also the cow and the bear will graze,Their young will lie down together,And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

And their bows will mow down the young men,They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,Nor will their eye pity children.

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Be ashamed, O Sidon;For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,“I have neither travailed nor given birth,I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”

The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.Through a land of distress and anguish,From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeysAnd their treasures on camels’ humps,To a people who cannot profit them;

For thus says the Lord to me,“As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey,Against which a band of shepherds is called out,And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,And a sword not of man will devour him.So he will not escape the sword,And his young men will become forced laborers.

Wild oxen will also fall with themAnd young bulls with strong ones;Thus their land will be soaked with blood,And their dust become greasy with fat.

Though youths grow weary and tired,And vigorous young men stumble badly,

“A multitude of camels will cover you,The young camels of Midian and Ephah;All those from Sheba will come;They will bring gold and frankincense,And will bear good news of the praises of the Lord.

For as a young man marries a virgin,So your sons will marry you;And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,So your God will rejoice over you.

“The young lions have roared at him,They have roared loudly.And they have made his land a waste;His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,I have not gone after the Baals’?Look at your way in the valley!Know what you have done!You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

But I am full of the wrath of the Lord;I am weary with holding it in.“Pour it out on the children in the streetAnd on the gathering of young men together;For both husband and wife shall be taken,The aged and the very old.

For death has come up through our windows;It has entered our palacesTo cut off the children from the streets,The young men from the town squares.

therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I am about to punish them! The young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;

“For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,Because there is no grass.

“Their widows will be more numerous before MeThan the sand of the seas;I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,A destroyer at noonday;I will suddenly bring down on herAnguish and dismay.

Therefore, give their children over to famineAnd deliver them up to the power of the sword;And let their wives become childless and widowed.Let their men also be smitten to death,Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

“They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion,And they will be radiant over the bounty of the Lord—Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,And over the young of the flock and the herd;And their life will be like a watered garden,And they will never languish again.

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,And the young men and the old, together,For I will turn their mourning into joyAnd will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

“Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities;His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

“Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Put all her young bulls to the sword;Let them go down to the slaughter!Woe be upon them, for their day has come,The time of their punishment.

“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.

“Let not him who bends his bow bend it,Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;So do not spare her young men;Devote all her army to destruction.

And with you I shatter man and woman,And with you I shatter old man and youth,And with you I shatter young man and virgin,

“They will roar together like young lions,They will growl like lions’ cubs.

“The Lord has rejected all my strong menIn my midst;He has called an appointed time against meTo crush my young men;The Lord has trodden as in a wine pressThe virgin daughter of Judah.

“The Lord is righteous;For I have rebelled against His command;Hear now, all peoples,And behold my pain;My virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.