'Young' in the Bible

Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

"I am against you!" declares the Lord who commands armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."

Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.

and said to him, "Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: 'Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey -- on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.

How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.

Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

The young man said to him, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?"

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go."

And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, "Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!"

Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him."

So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."

Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, "Tell no one that you have reported these things to me."

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.