Verse 27

O how good is it for a man, to take the yock vpon him from his youth vp?

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them:
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert, & ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules: 30 for my yock is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and haue forgotten the consolacion, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children: My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge off the LORDE, nether faynte whan thou art rebuked of him: 6 for who the LORDE loueth, him he chasteneth, yee and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. 7 Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that, whom the father chasteneth not? 8 Yf ye be not vnder correccion (wherof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. 9 Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue? 10 And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he lerneth vs vnto yt which is profitable, that we mighte receaue of his holynes. 11 No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greuous: neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby. 12 Life vp therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees,
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 O teach vs to nombre oure dayes, that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wy?dome.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the ma, whom thou lernest (o LORDE) and teachest him in thy lawe.
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye lerne thy statutes.