Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

Cross References (34)

  • Lamentations 3:27 (63)

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

  • Ecclesiastes 11:8 (43)

    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be m

  • Psalms 71:17–18 (39)

    O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

  • Proverbs 22:6 (37)

    Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Luke 18:16 (26)

    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the king

  • Psalms 34:11 (20)

    Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • 2 Timothy 3:15 (16)

    From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ J

  • Psalms 90:10 (14)

    The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they qui

  • 1 Samuel 16:12–13 (14)

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And

  • Ecclesiastes 11:10 (13)

    So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

  • Luke 2:40–52 (13)

    And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

  • 2 Samuel 19:35 (12)

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Ca

  • Proverbs 8:17 (11)

    I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:2–3 (11)

    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to t

  • Psalms 22:9–10 (10)

    Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

  • Genesis 39:2 (9)

    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

  • Genesis 39:8–9 (9)

    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in

  • 1 Samuel 3:19–21 (9)

    And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

  • 1 Samuel 16:7 (9)

    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see a

  • 1 Samuel 2:26 (9)

    And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

  • Isaiah 26:8 (8)

    Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

  • Daniel 1:17 (8)

    To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insi

  • Luke 1:15 (8)

    for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the

  • Ephesians 6:4 (8)

    Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Genesis 39:23 (8)

    The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him succ

  • Daniel 1:8–9 (8)

    But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief officia

  • 1 Samuel 2:18 (7)

    Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

  • 1 Kings 3:6–12 (7)

    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in

  • 1 Kings 18:12 (6)

    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

  • Job 30:2 (5)

    What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

  • Hosea 7:9 (5)

    Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

  • 1 Samuel 1:28 (5)

    I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD th

  • 1 Samuel 17:36–37 (5)

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the a

  • 1 Kings 14:13 (4)

    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper bur