Ecclesiastes 12:1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”

12:1 NLT

Parallel Verses

New Living Translation - Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
新标点和合本 - 你趁着年幼、衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜乐的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你趁着年轻、衰老的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜悦的那些岁月来临之前，当记念造你的主。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你趁着年轻、衰老的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜悦的那些岁月来临之前，当记念造你的主。
当代译本 - 年轻时要记住你的创造主，不要等到衰老的岁月来临时才哀叹：“我的日子毫无乐趣。”
圣经新译本 - 在你壮年的日子，当记念你的创造主。不要等到衰败的日子，就是你所说：“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日临到，
中文标准译本 - 因此，在你青春的日子里，当记念创造你的主—— 不要等到祸患的日子来到，不要等到你说“我在其中毫无喜乐”的岁月来临；
现代标点和合本 - 你趁着年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
和合本（拼音版） - 你趁着年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜乐的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
New International Version - Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
New International Reader's Version - Remember your Creator. Remember him while you are still young. Think about him before your times of trouble come. The years will come when you will say, “I don’t find any pleasure in them.”
English Standard Version - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
The Message - Honor and enjoy your Creator while you’re still young, Before the years take their toll and your vigor wanes, Before your vision dims and the world blurs And the winter years keep you close to the fire.
Christian Standard Bible - So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: Before the days of adversity come, and the years approach when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;
New American Standard Bible - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
New King James Version - Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”:
Amplified Bible - Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;
American Standard Version - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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;
New English Translation - So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
World English Bible - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
新標點和合本 - 你趁着年幼、衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜樂的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你趁着年輕、衰老的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜悅的那些歲月來臨之前，當記念造你的主。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你趁着年輕、衰老的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜悅的那些歲月來臨之前，當記念造你的主。
當代譯本 - 年輕時要記住你的創造主，不要等到衰老的歲月來臨時才哀歎：「我的日子毫無樂趣。」
聖經新譯本 - 在你壯年的日子，當記念你的創造主。不要等到衰敗的日子，就是你所說：“我毫無喜樂”的那些年日臨到，
呂振中譯本 - 你要在青年的日子想念着創造你、的主，就是在衰敗的日子還未來到，在你所說對於它毫無樂趣的那些年日還未臨近之先，
中文標準譯本 - 因此，在你青春的日子裡，當記念創造你的主—— 不要等到禍患的日子來到，不要等到你說「我在其中毫無喜樂」的歲月來臨；
現代標點和合本 - 你趁著年幼，衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說「我毫無喜樂」的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。
文理和合譯本 - 時當少壯、困苦之日未臨、所謂不悅之年未至、宜念造爾之主、
文理委辦譯本 - 年當少壯、必及時敬造化之主、宜憶勿忘、斯時也、患難憂愁之日尚未至。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾在幼時、患難之日未來、爾所不悅之年未至、當及時記憶造爾之主、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Acuérdate de tu creador en los días de tu juventud, antes que lleguen los días malos y vengan los años en que digas: «No encuentro en ellos placer alguno»;
현대인의 성경 - 너는 아직 젊을 때, 곧 고난의 날이 오기 전에, 아무 낙이 없다고 말할 때가 되기 전에 너의 창조자를 기억하라.
Новый Русский Перевод - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжелые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et tiens compte de ton Créateur ╵au temps de ta jeunesse, avant que t’adviennent ╵les jours mauvais et avant que viennent ╵les années dont tu te diras : « Je n’y prends pas plaisir ! » ;
リビングバイブル - 若い日を夢中で楽しむあまり、あなたの造り主を忘れてはいけません。生きていることを楽しむ余裕などない逆境の時が来る前に、神を信じなさい。
Nova Versão Internacional - Lembre-se do seu Criador nos dias da sua juventude, antes que venham os dias difíceis e se aproximem os anos em que você dirá: “Não tenho satisfação neles”;
Hoffnung für alle - Denk schon als junger Mensch an deinen Schöpfer, bevor die beschwerlichen Tage kommen und die Jahre näher rücken, in denen du keine Freude mehr am Leben hast.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy nghĩ đến Đấng Tạo Hóa trong những ngày thanh xuân. Hãy tôn ngợi Chúa khi còn niên thiếu, trước những ngày khó khăn chưa đến và nói: “Đời sống không còn gì vui thú.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เจ้าจงระลึกถึงพระผู้สร้างของเจ้า ตลอดวันเวลาที่เจ้ายังเยาว์วัย ก่อนยามทุกข์ลำเค็ญจะมาถึง และปีเดือนเหล่านั้นใกล้เข้ามา เมื่อเจ้าจะพูดว่า “ฉันไม่เห็นชื่นชมอะไรในชีวิต”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงนึกถึงองค์ผู้สร้างของเจ้าเมื่อเจ้ายังเยาว์วัย ก่อนวันเวลาแห่งความตายจะมาถึง ก่อนเวลาที่เจ้าจะตระหนักว่า “เราไม่มีความสำราญในชีวิต”

Cross Reference

1 Kings 18:12 - But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the Lord all my life.
Hosea 7:9 - Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
2 Chronicles 34:2 - He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
2 Chronicles 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
1 Samuel 1:28 - Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” And they worshiped the Lord there.
Daniel 1:17 - God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.
Luke 2:40 - There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.
Luke 2:41 - Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
Luke 2:42 - When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
Luke 2:43 - After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first,
Luke 2:44 - because they assumed he was among the other travelers. But when he didn’t show up that evening, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.
Luke 2:45 - When they couldn’t find him, they went back to Jerusalem to search for him there.
Luke 2:46 - Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions.
Luke 2:47 - All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Luke 2:48 - His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
Luke 2:49 - “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Luke 2:50 - But they didn’t understand what he meant.
Luke 2:51 - Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:52 - Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
Isaiah 26:8 - Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
Job 30:2 - A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches!
Luke 1:15 - for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
1 Kings 3:6 - Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
1 Kings 3:7 - “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around.
1 Kings 3:8 - And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
1 Kings 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:10 - The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom.
1 Kings 3:11 - So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—
1 Kings 3:12 - I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have!
Daniel 1:8 - But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
Daniel 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
1 Kings 14:13 - All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.
1 Samuel 17:36 - I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
1 Samuel 17:37 - The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
Ephesians 6:4 - Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
Genesis 39:8 - But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
Genesis 39:9 - No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”
Genesis 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
1 Samuel 2:18 - But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
1 Samuel 2:26 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the Lord and with the people.
2 Samuel 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.
Genesis 39:2 - The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
1 Samuel 3:19 - As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
1 Samuel 3:20 - And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.
1 Samuel 3:21 - The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Psalms 90:10 - Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
1 Samuel 16:12 - So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
1 Samuel 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
Psalms 22:9 - Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
Psalms 22:10 - I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.
Proverbs 8:17 - “I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.
2 Timothy 3:15 - You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
Psalms 34:11 - Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
Psalms 71:17 - O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.
Psalms 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
Luke 18:16 - Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.
Proverbs 22:6 - Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 - When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Lamentations 3:27 - And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline:

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New Living Translation - Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
新标点和合本 - 你趁着年幼、衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜乐的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你趁着年轻、衰老的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜悦的那些岁月来临之前，当记念造你的主。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你趁着年轻、衰老的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜悦的那些岁月来临之前，当记念造你的主。
当代译本 - 年轻时要记住你的创造主，不要等到衰老的岁月来临时才哀叹：“我的日子毫无乐趣。”
圣经新译本 - 在你壮年的日子，当记念你的创造主。不要等到衰败的日子，就是你所说：“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日临到，
中文标准译本 - 因此，在你青春的日子里，当记念创造你的主—— 不要等到祸患的日子来到，不要等到你说“我在其中毫无喜乐”的岁月来临；
现代标点和合本 - 你趁着年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
和合本（拼音版） - 你趁着年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜乐的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
New International Version - Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
New International Reader's Version - Remember your Creator. Remember him while you are still young. Think about him before your times of trouble come. The years will come when you will say, “I don’t find any pleasure in them.”
English Standard Version - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
The Message - Honor and enjoy your Creator while you’re still young, Before the years take their toll and your vigor wanes, Before your vision dims and the world blurs And the winter years keep you close to the fire.
Christian Standard Bible - So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: Before the days of adversity come, and the years approach when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;
New American Standard Bible - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
New King James Version - Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”:
Amplified Bible - Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;
American Standard Version - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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;
New English Translation - So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
World English Bible - Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
新標點和合本 - 你趁着年幼、衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜樂的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你趁着年輕、衰老的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜悅的那些歲月來臨之前，當記念造你的主。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你趁着年輕、衰老的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜悅的那些歲月來臨之前，當記念造你的主。
當代譯本 - 年輕時要記住你的創造主，不要等到衰老的歲月來臨時才哀歎：「我的日子毫無樂趣。」
聖經新譯本 - 在你壯年的日子，當記念你的創造主。不要等到衰敗的日子，就是你所說：“我毫無喜樂”的那些年日臨到，
呂振中譯本 - 你要在青年的日子想念着創造你、的主，就是在衰敗的日子還未來到，在你所說對於它毫無樂趣的那些年日還未臨近之先，
中文標準譯本 - 因此，在你青春的日子裡，當記念創造你的主—— 不要等到禍患的日子來到，不要等到你說「我在其中毫無喜樂」的歲月來臨；
現代標點和合本 - 你趁著年幼，衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說「我毫無喜樂」的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。
文理和合譯本 - 時當少壯、困苦之日未臨、所謂不悅之年未至、宜念造爾之主、
文理委辦譯本 - 年當少壯、必及時敬造化之主、宜憶勿忘、斯時也、患難憂愁之日尚未至。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾在幼時、患難之日未來、爾所不悅之年未至、當及時記憶造爾之主、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Acuérdate de tu creador en los días de tu juventud, antes que lleguen los días malos y vengan los años en que digas: «No encuentro en ellos placer alguno»;
현대인의 성경 - 너는 아직 젊을 때, 곧 고난의 날이 오기 전에, 아무 낙이 없다고 말할 때가 되기 전에 너의 창조자를 기억하라.
Новый Русский Перевод - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжелые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Помни своего Создателя в дни юности своей, пока не настали тяжёлые дни и не приблизились годы, о которых ты скажешь: «Я не нахожу в них удовольствия!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et tiens compte de ton Créateur ╵au temps de ta jeunesse, avant que t’adviennent ╵les jours mauvais et avant que viennent ╵les années dont tu te diras : « Je n’y prends pas plaisir ! » ;
リビングバイブル - 若い日を夢中で楽しむあまり、あなたの造り主を忘れてはいけません。生きていることを楽しむ余裕などない逆境の時が来る前に、神を信じなさい。
Nova Versão Internacional - Lembre-se do seu Criador nos dias da sua juventude, antes que venham os dias difíceis e se aproximem os anos em que você dirá: “Não tenho satisfação neles”;
Hoffnung für alle - Denk schon als junger Mensch an deinen Schöpfer, bevor die beschwerlichen Tage kommen und die Jahre näher rücken, in denen du keine Freude mehr am Leben hast.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy nghĩ đến Đấng Tạo Hóa trong những ngày thanh xuân. Hãy tôn ngợi Chúa khi còn niên thiếu, trước những ngày khó khăn chưa đến và nói: “Đời sống không còn gì vui thú.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เจ้าจงระลึกถึงพระผู้สร้างของเจ้า ตลอดวันเวลาที่เจ้ายังเยาว์วัย ก่อนยามทุกข์ลำเค็ญจะมาถึง และปีเดือนเหล่านั้นใกล้เข้ามา เมื่อเจ้าจะพูดว่า “ฉันไม่เห็นชื่นชมอะไรในชีวิต”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงนึกถึงองค์ผู้สร้างของเจ้าเมื่อเจ้ายังเยาว์วัย ก่อนวันเวลาแห่งความตายจะมาถึง ก่อนเวลาที่เจ้าจะตระหนักว่า “เราไม่มีความสำราญในชีวิต”

1 Kings 18:12 - But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the Lord all my life.
Hosea 7:9 - Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
2 Chronicles 34:2 - He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
2 Chronicles 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
1 Samuel 1:28 - Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” And they worshiped the Lord there.
Daniel 1:17 - God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.
Luke 2:40 - There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.
Luke 2:41 - Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
Luke 2:42 - When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
Luke 2:43 - After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first,
Luke 2:44 - because they assumed he was among the other travelers. But when he didn’t show up that evening, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.
Luke 2:45 - When they couldn’t find him, they went back to Jerusalem to search for him there.
Luke 2:46 - Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions.
Luke 2:47 - All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Luke 2:48 - His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
Luke 2:49 - “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Luke 2:50 - But they didn’t understand what he meant.
Luke 2:51 - Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:52 - Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
Isaiah 26:8 - Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
Job 30:2 - A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches!
Luke 1:15 - for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
1 Kings 3:6 - Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
1 Kings 3:7 - “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around.
1 Kings 3:8 - And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
1 Kings 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:10 - The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom.
1 Kings 3:11 - So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—
1 Kings 3:12 - I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have!
Daniel 1:8 - But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
Daniel 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
1 Kings 14:13 - All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.
1 Samuel 17:36 - I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
1 Samuel 17:37 - The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
Ephesians 6:4 - Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
Genesis 39:8 - But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
Genesis 39:9 - No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”
Genesis 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
1 Samuel 2:18 - But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
1 Samuel 2:26 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the Lord and with the people.
2 Samuel 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.
Genesis 39:2 - The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
1 Samuel 3:19 - As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
1 Samuel 3:20 - And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.
1 Samuel 3:21 - The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Psalms 90:10 - Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
1 Samuel 16:12 - So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
1 Samuel 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
Psalms 22:9 - Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
Psalms 22:10 - I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.
Proverbs 8:17 - “I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.
2 Timothy 3:15 - You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
Psalms 34:11 - Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
Psalms 71:17 - O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.
Psalms 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
Luke 18:16 - Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.
Proverbs 22:6 - Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 - When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Lamentations 3:27 - And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline: