7 occurrences

'Young' in the Bible

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Verse ConceptsFingersDagon

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfOppression, Nature OfYokes

And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

Verse ConceptsImmaturityInexperienceYouthPeer PressureLimitations Of Youthtenderheartedness

Have ye not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesConsecration

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

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