Ecclesiastes 12:1

But remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youthful vigor, while the evil days are not yet come, nor those years draw nigh of which thou wilt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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In The King James Version

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

In Context

2While the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are not yet darkened, and the clouds return not again after the rain;

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Cross References

Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, Thy master troubleth himself not about what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath into my hand;

Deuteronomy 8:18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; in order that he might fulfill his covenant which he hath sworn unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel was ministering before the Lord, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he did not let fall any one of all his words to the ground.

1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, having withal handsome eyes, and being of a goodly appearance. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

2 Samuel 19:35(19:36) I am eighty years old this day: can I discern between good and evil? or can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? or can I listen yet to the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant become yet a burden unto my Lord the king?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:1

The wise and penitent preacher is here closing his sermon; and he closes it, not only lie a good orator, but like a good preacher, with that which was likely to make the best impressions and which he wished might be powerful and lasting upon his hearers. Here is, I. An exhortation to young people to begin betimes to be religious and not to put it off to old age ( ver. 1 ), enforced with arguments taken from the calamities of old age ( ver. 1-5 ) and the great change that death will make upon us, ver. 6, 7 . II. A… Read the whole commentary →

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