Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:1

⁹Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the ¹impulses of your heart and the ^2adesires of your eyes. Yet know that ^bGod will bring you to judgment for all these things.

¹⁰So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away ^1apain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

Chapter 12

Remember God in Your Youth

^1aRemember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the ^bevil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;