Ecclesiastes 11:10
Good News Translation
Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long.

New Revised Standard Version
Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Contemporary English Version
Rid yourself of all worry and pain, because the wonderful moments of youth quickly disappear.

New American Bible
Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.

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Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.

Psalm 25:7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

2 Peter 3:11-14 Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness? . . .

sorrow

Psalm 90:7-11 For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation. . . .

and put

Job 20:11 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

2 Timothy 2:22 But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity and peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Ecclesiastes 1:12,14 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem, . . .

Psalm 39:5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Context
Enjoy Your Years
9Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. 10Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

2 Timothy 2:22
But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity and peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Job 11:12
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
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