Youth

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

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;

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. — read the full passage →

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →

For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. — read the full passage →

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. — read the full passage →

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. — read the full passage →

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. — read the full passage →

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. — read the full passage →

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: