Ecclesiastes 12:1 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:1

1: Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living.

Lamentations 3:27

  1. And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

  1. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember that the dark days will be many. Everything still to come is meaningless.

Proverbs 22:6

  1. Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.

Luke 18:16

  1. 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 such as these.

Psalms 71:17

  1. O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I have constantly told others about the wonderful things you do.
  2. 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.

Psalms 34:11

  1. Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

  1. So banish grief and pain, but remember that youth, with a whole life before it, still faces the threat of meaninglessness.

2 Timothy 3:15

  1. 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.

Proverbs 8:17

  1. "I love all who love me. Those who search for me will surely find me.

1 Samuel 16:12

  1. So Jesse sent for him. He was ruddy and handsome, with pleasant eyes. And the LORD said, "This is the one; anoint him."
  2. So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the olive oil he had brought and poured it on David's head. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

Psalms 22:9

  1. Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust you when I was a nursing infant.
  2. I was thrust upon you at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.

1 Samuel 16:7

  1. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn't make decisions the way you do! People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at a person's thoughts and intentions."

Psalms 90:10

  1. Seventy years are given to us! Some may even reach eighty. But even the best of these years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we are gone.

1 Samuel 3:19

  1. As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said was wise and helpful.
  2. All the people of Israel from one end of the land to the other knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
  3. The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle. 1And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:35

  1. 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 musicians as they play. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

Genesis 39:2

  1. The LORD was with Joseph and blessed him greatly as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.

1 Samuel 2:26

  1. Meanwhile, as young Samuel grew taller, he also continued to gain favor with the LORD and with the people.

Genesis 39:8

  1. But Joseph refused. "Look," he told her, "my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
  2. 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 ever do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God."

2 Chronicles 34:2

  1. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn aside from doing what was right.
  2. 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 2:18

  1. Now Samuel, though only a boy, was the LORD's helper. He wore a linen tunic just like that of a priest.

Genesis 39:23

  1. The chief jailer had no more worries after that, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him, making everything run smoothly and successfully.

Daniel 1:17

  1. God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for learning the literature and science of the time. And God gave Daniel special ability in understanding the meanings of visions and dreams.

Job 30:2

  1. A lot of good they are to me--those worn-out wretches!

Luke 1:15

  1. for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or hard liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

1 Samuel 1:28

  1. Now I am giving him to the LORD, and he will belong to the LORD his whole life." And they worshiped the LORD there.

1 Kings 3:6

  1. Solomon replied, "You were wonderfully kind to my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued this great kindness to him today by giving him a son to succeed him.
  2. O LORD my God, now you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.
  3. And here I am among your own chosen people, a nation so great they are too numerous to count!
  4. Give me an understanding mind 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 nation of yours?"
  5. The Lord was pleased with Solomon's reply and was glad that he had asked for wisdom.

Ephesians 6:4

  1. And now a word to you fathers. Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.

Isaiah 26:8

  1. LORD, we love to obey your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.

1 Samuel 17:36

  1. 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!
  2. The LORD who saved me from the claws of the lion and the bear will save me from this Philistine!" Saul finally consented. "All right, go ahead," he said. "And may the LORD be with you!"

Luke 2:40

  1. There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom beyond his years, and God placed his special favor upon him.
  2. Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
  3. When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
  4. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn't miss him at first,
  5. because they assumed he was with friends among the other travelers. But when he didn't show up that evening, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends.

1 Kings 14:13

  1. 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.

Daniel 1:8

  1. But Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief official for permission to eat other things instead.
  2. Now God had given the chief official great respect for Daniel.

1 Kings 18:12

  1. 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

  1. Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don't even know it. Israel is like an old man with graying hair, unaware of how weak and old he has become.
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