Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
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q Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. r Walk in the ways of your heart and s the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things t God will bring you into judgment.
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Remove vexation from your heart, and u put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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Cross References
Numbers 15:39
And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
Job 31:7
If my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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