Lamentations 3:27 · KJV
“{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
— Lamentations 3:27
{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
Lamentations 3 — Context
The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
26{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Cross References
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;
Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Psalms 119:71
{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Psalms 94:12
Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Psalms 90:12
So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
Hebrews 12:5-12
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: