Youth

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Because our sons <FI>are<Fi> as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished--the likeness of a palace,

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me. — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ--undecayingly! Amen.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. — read the full passage →

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age <FI>are<Fi> vanity!

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me-- — read the full passage →

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man <FI>is<Fi> evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. — read the full passage →

Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who <FI>are<Fi> in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin, — read the full passage →

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; — read the full passage →

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. — read the full passage →

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

`Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest; — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

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

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? — read the full passage →

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.' — read the full passage →

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

for a sin of divination <FI>is<Fi> rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim <FI>is<Fi> stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from <FI>being<Fi> king.'

He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause <FI>them<Fi> to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

A provocation to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

and he, having looked up, said, `I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'

Fresher <FI>is<Fi> his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.