Ecclesiastes 11:9

Take joy, young man, in your youth, 2 and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. 1 Pursue the good desires of your heart, 2 and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. 1 However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things. 1

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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 judgment.

In Context

8If someone lives many years, 2 let him be happy in all of them, 1 but let him think about the coming days of darkness, 2 for they will be many. 1 Everything to come is vanishing vapor. 1

10Drive anger away from your heart, 2 and ignore any pain in your body, 1 because youth and its strength are vapor.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were attractive. They took for themselves wives, any of them that they chose.

Numbers 15:39It will be a special reminder to you, when you may look at it, of all my commandments, to carry them out so that you do not look to your own heart and your own eyes and prostitute yourselves to them.

Deuteronomy 29:19When that person hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself in his heart and say, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would destroy the wet together with the dry.

2 Samuel 11:2So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

1 Kings 18:27At noon Elijah mocked them and said, “Shout out loudly! He is a god! Perhaps he is thinking, or is relieving himself, or he is traveling on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

Job 31:7If my step has turned aside from the way, 1 if my heart has gone after my eyes, 1 if any spot has stuck to my hands, 1

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 →

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