Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember, also, thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt 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

2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars become dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

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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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