9Rejoice, 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.
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For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. …
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;
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Here is an admonition both to old people and to young people, to think of dying, and get ready for it. Having by many excellent precepts taught us how to live well, the preacher comes now, towards the close of his discourse, to teach us how to die well and to put us in mind of our latter end. I. He applies himself to the aged, writes to them as fathers, to awaken them to think of death, Eccl. 11:7…
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