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Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,

before the days of adversity come

and the years approach of which you will say,

“I find no pleasure in them,”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 12:1 has 34 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 34 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Lamentations 3:27 (66 votes) and Ecclesiastes 11:8 (45 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 1 to Titus 2.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 12:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 34, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Lamentations 3:2766 votes

    It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

  2. Ecclesiastes 11:845 votes

    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

  3. Psalm 71:17–1842 votes

    O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

  4. Proverbs 22:637 votes

    Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  5. Luke 18:1626 votes

    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

  6. Psalm 34:1121 votes

    Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  7. 2 Timothy 3:1516 votes

    From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

  8. 1 Samuel 16:12–1315 votes

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.” So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

  9. Psalm 90:1015 votes

    The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

  10. Ecclesiastes 11:1014 votes

    So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

  11. Luke 2:40–5214 votes
  12. 2 Samuel 19:3513 votes

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

  13. 2 Chronicles 34:2–312 votes
  14. Proverbs 8:1712 votes
  15. Psalm 22:9–1011 votes
  16. Genesis 39:210 votes
  17. Genesis 39:8–910 votes
  18. 1 Samuel 2:2610 votes
  19. 1 Samuel 3:19–2110 votes
  20. Genesis 39:239 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 12:1?

The 10 strongest of 28.