Ecclesiastes 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy body! for childhood and youth are vanity.
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Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me inherit the sins of my youth.
Psalms 25:7Remember not the faults and transgressions of my youth! According to thy mercy remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O LORD!
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself in vain; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound to the heart of a child; But the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
2 Corinthians 7:1Having then these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:8-10
A Caution to the Young; Exhortation to Early Piety. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into… Read the whole commentary →