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Ecclesiastes 11:10 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 11 · verse 10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.Ecclesiastes 11:10 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11:10 in context
8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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.
10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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Key words (Strong's)
- childhoodyaldûwthboyhoodH3208 →
- removeçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- sorrowkaʻaçvexationH3708 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- youthshachărûwtha dawningH7839 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10