Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:1

⁹Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.^*

¹⁰Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.^*

¹²Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;