Ecclesiastes 11:10

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • 2 Pet 3:11-14 : 11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness, 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
  • Job 13:26 : 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
  • Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 11:7-9
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    87%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but 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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

    2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

  • Eccl 2:1
    74%

    1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
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    73%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • Prov 5:11
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    11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Job 11:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

    15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

    16For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

    17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • Eccl 2:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Prov 14:13
    72%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

  • Eccl 3:12
    72%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Eccl 6:11
    72%

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Eccl 6:9
    71%

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Job 20:11
    71%

    11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

  • Eccl 5:20
    71%

    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Prov 15:13
    71%

    13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

  • Eccl 8:15
    71%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:17
    71%

    17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • Eccl 2:17
    71%

    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

  • Eccl 12:8
    71%

    8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Lam 3:27
    70%

    27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Eccl 7:14
    70%

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

  • Eccl 9:3
    70%

    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

  • Eccl 7:10
    70%

    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • Eccl 2:20
    70%

    20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  • Eccl 9:7
    70%

    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

  • Eccl 2:26
    70%

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Prov 17:22
    70%

    22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

  • Job 33:25
    70%

    25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returneth to the days of his youth.

  • Jas 4:9
    70%

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Job 5:27
    69%

    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Eccl 1:17
    69%

    17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

  • Job 17:11
    69%

    11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

  • Eccl 2:15
    69%

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.