Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Cross References (37)

  • Ecclesiastes 12:14 (45)

    For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

  • 1 John 2:15–16 (35)

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1 (28)

    Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you w

  • Lamentations 3:27 (23)

    It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17 (23)

    I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every dee

  • 2 Corinthians 5:10 (20)

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the

  • Job 31:7 (11)

    If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

  • Hebrews 9:27 (9)

    Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

  • Ephesians 2:2–3 (8)

    in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spi

  • Romans 14:10 (8)

    Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment s

  • Ecclesiastes 2:10 (6)

    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my wor

  • Matthew 5:28 (6)

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Genesis 3:6 (6)

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wis

  • Revelation 20:12–15 (6)

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of

  • Romans 2:5–11 (6)

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God

  • Numbers 15:30 (5)

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from

  • Genesis 6:2 (5)

    the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

  • Psalms 50:4–6 (4)

    He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

  • 2 Samuel 11:2–4 (3)

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman ba

  • Numbers 15:39 (3)

    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may

  • 2 Peter 3:7 (3)

    And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destr

  • Psalms 81:12 (3)

    So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

  • Jeremiah 23:17 (3)

    They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stu

  • Luke 15:12–13 (3)

    The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

  • Jeremiah 7:24 (3)

    Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5 (3)

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in d

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 (3)

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, e

  • 1 Kings 18:27 (2)

    At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied,

  • Jeremiah 44:16–17 (2)

    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

  • Acts 24:25 (2)

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go

  • Acts 14:16 (2)

    In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

  • 1 Peter 4:3–4 (2)

    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, dr

  • 1 Kings 22:15 (2)

    When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “G

  • Joshua 7:21 (2)

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fif

  • Numbers 22:32 (2)

    The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose y

  • 1 Kings 18:12 (2)

    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does

  • Acts 17:30–31 (1)

    Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.