Ecclesiastes 11:9 · KJV
“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.”
— Ecclesiastes 11:9
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.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth {are} vanity. {sorrow: or, anger}
Ecclesiastes 11 — Context
Truly the light {is} sweet, and a pleasant {thing it is} for the eyes to behold the sun:
8But 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.
9Rejoice, 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.
10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth {are} vanity. {sorrow: or, anger}
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether {it be} good, or whether {it be} evil.
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
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;
Lamentations 3:27
{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for {there is} a time there for every purpose and for every work.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things {done} in {his} body, according to that he hath done, whether {it be} good or bad.
Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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