Verse 27

It is good{H2896} for a man{H1397} that he bear{H5375}{(H8799)} the yoke{H5923} in his youth{H5271}.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)} now thy Creator{H1254}{(H8802)} in the days{H3117} of thy youth{H979}, while the evil{H7451} days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8799)} not, nor the years{H8141} draw nigh{H5060}{(H8689)}, when thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, I have no pleasure{H2656} in them;
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take{G142}{(G5657)} my{G3450} yoke{G2218} upon{G1909} you{G5209}, and{G2532} learn{G3129}{(G5628)} of{G575} me{G1700}; for{G3754} I am{G1510}{(G5748)} meek{G4235} and{G2532} lowly{G5011} in heart{G2588}: and{G2532} ye shall find{G2147}{(G5692)} rest{G372} unto your{G5216} souls{G5590}. 30 For{G1063} my{G3450} yoke{G2218} is easy{G5543}, and{G2532} my{G3450} burden{G5413} is{G2076}{(G5748)} light{G1645}.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And{G2532} ye have forgotten{G1585}{(G5769)} the exhortation{G3874} which{G3748} speaketh{G1256}{(G5736)} unto you{G5213} as{G5613} unto children{G5207}, My{G3450} son{G5207}, despise{G3643} not{G3361} thou{G3643}{(G5720)} the chastening{G3809} of the Lord{G2962}, nor{G3366} faint{G1590}{(G5744)} when thou art rebuked{G1651}{(G5746)} of{G5259} him{G846}: 6 For{G1063} whom{G3739} the Lord{G2962} loveth{G25}{(G5719)} he chasteneth{G3811}{(G5719)}, and{G1161} scourgeth{G3146}{(G5719)} every{G3956} son{G5207} whom{G3739} he receiveth{G3858}{(G5736)}. 7 If{G1487} ye endure{G5278}{(G5719)} chastening{G3809}, God{G2316} dealeth{G4374}{(G5743)} with you{G5213} as{G5613} with sons{G5207}; for{G1063} what{G5101} son{G5207} is he{G2076}{(G5748)} whom{G3739} the father{G3962} chasteneth{G3811}{(G5719)} not{G3756}? 8 But{G1161} if{G1487} ye be{G2075}{(G5748)} without{G5565} chastisement{G3809}, whereof{G3739} all{G3956} are{G1096}{(G5754)} partakers{G3353}, then{G686} are ye{G2075}{(G5748)} bastards{G3541}, and{G2532} not{G3756} sons{G5207}. 9 Furthermore{G1534}{G3303} we have had{G2192}{(G5707)} fathers{G3962} of our{G2257} flesh{G4561} which corrected{G3810} us, and{G2532} we gave them reverence{G1788}{(G5710)}: shall we{G5293} not{G3756} much{G4183} rather{G3123} be in subjection{G5293}{(G5691)} unto the Father{G3962} of spirits{G4151}, and{G2532} live{G2198}{(G5692)}? 10 For{G1063} they verily{G3303} for{G4314} a few{G3641} days{G2250} chastened{G3811}{(G5707)} us after{G2596} their own{G846} pleasure{G1380}{(G5723)}; but{G1161} he for{G1909} our profit{G4851}{(G5723)}, that{G1519} we might be partakers{G3335}{(G5629)} of his{G846} holiness{G41}. 11 Now{G1161} no{G3956}{G3756} chastening{G3809} for{G4314}{G3303} the present{G3918}{(G5752)} seemeth{G1380}{(G5719)} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} joyous{G5479}, but{G235} grievous{G3077}: nevertheless{G1161} afterward{G5305} it yieldeth{G591}{(G5719)} the peaceable{G1516} fruit{G2590} of righteousness{G1343} unto them which are exercised{G1128}{(G5772)} thereby{G1223}{G846}. 12 Wherefore{G1352} lift up{G461}{(G5657)} the hands{G5495} which hang down{G3935}{(G5772)}, and{G2532} the feeble{G3886}{(G5772)} knees{G1119};
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach{H3045}{H8685)} us to number{H4487}{H8800)} our days{H3117}, that we may apply{H935}{H8686)} our hearts{H3824} unto wisdom{H2451}.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed{H835} is the man{H1397} whom thou chastenest{H3256}{H8762)}, O LORD{H3050}, and teachest{H3925}{H8762)} him out of thy law{H8451};
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good{H2896} for me that I have been afflicted{H6031}{(H8795)}; that I might learn{H3925}{(H8799)} thy statutes{H2706}.