Young Men

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningExodus 24:3–51 Kings 12:6–152 Chronicles 10:8Psalms 119:9Psalms 148:12Psalms 148:13Proverbs 1:1–33Proverbs 2:1–22Proverbs 3:1–35Proverbs 4:1–27Proverbs 5:1–23Proverbs 6:1–35Proverbs 7:1–27Proverbs 10:1Proverbs 13:1Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 15:20Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 17:25Proverbs 19:13
• INSTANCES OF RELIGIOUS YOUNG MEN
• See Joseph
• See Joshua
• See Samuel
• See David
• See Solomon
• See Uriah
• The rich young manMatthew 19:16–22Mark 10:17–22Luke 18:18–23
• See Children
• See Parents

The passages, in Bible order (40)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 24:3–5

   When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 24:3–51 voice

   “Moses - told the people all the words of the Lord - That is, the ten commandments, and the various laws and ordinances mentioned from the beginning of the 20th to the end of the 23d chapter.

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2. 1 Kings 12:6–15

   Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 12:6–151 voice

   “The old men, that stood before Solomon his father - Perhaps “the princes” of 1Ki 4:2. Solomon placed great value upon good advisers Pro 11:14; Pro 15:22; Pro 24:6.

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3. 2 Chronicles 10:8

   But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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4. Psalms 119:9

   How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 119:92 voices

   “ב, BETH.--The Second Part. BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?.... Some think David means himself, and that he was a young man when he wrote this psalm; and which they think is confirmed by Psa 119:100; but neither of them seem conclusive; rather any young man is meant, and who is particularly mentioned, because young men are liable to sins and snares, to carnal lusts and sensual pleasures, which are of a defiling nature.

   “Let us listen, then, to the master of precaution: "I said, I will pay attention to my ways"; that is, "I said to myself: in the silent biddings of my thoughts, I have enjoined on myself, that I should pay attention to my ways." Some ways there are that we ought to follow; others as to which we ought to pay attention. We must follow the ways of the Lord and pay attention to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can pay attention if one is not hasty in speaking.

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5. Psalms 148:12

   young men and maidens, old and young together.

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6. Psalms 148:13

   Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

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7. Proverbs 1:1–33

   These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 1:1–331 voice

   “The long exhortation Proverbs 1–9, characterized by the frequent recurrence of the words “my son,” is of the nature of a preface to the collection of the “Proverbs of Solomon” Pro 10:1. On Pro 1:1-7, see the introduction to Proverbs.

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8. Proverbs 2:1–22

   My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 2:1–221 voice

   Wisdom is open to all and loves humankind. Anyway, Solomon says, "My son, if you accept my words of instruction and keep them deep within you, your ear will listen to wisdom." This means that the word is sown and kept deep in the soul of the learner as if in the ground. This is spiritual growth.So he adds, "You shall direct your heart to understanding and direct it towards instruction for your son."

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9. Proverbs 3:1–35

   My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

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10. Proverbs 4:1–27

    Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

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11. Proverbs 5:1–23

    My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 5:1–231 voice

    “My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence, that thou mayest guard thy thoughts. For, indeed, nothing is more fugitive than the heart, which deserts us as often as it slips away through bad thoughts. For hence the Psalmist says, My heart hath failed me. Hence, when he returns to himself, he says, Thy servant hath found his heart to pray to Thee. When, therefore, thought is kept under guard, the heart which was wont to fly away is found.

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12. Proverbs 6:1–35

    My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 6:1–352 voices

    “My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, and art snared with the words of thy mouth, and art taken with thine own speeches. For to be surety for a friend is to take charge of the soul of another on the surety of one's own behaviour. Whence also the hand is stricken with a stranger, because the mind is bound with the care of a responsibility which before was not.

    “Surety - The “pledge,” or security for payment, which, for example, David was to bring back from his brothers 1Sa 17:18. So the word was used in the primitive trade transactions of the early Israelites. In the warnings against this suretyship, in the Book of Proverbs, we may trace the influence of contact with the Phoenicians. The merchants of Tyre and Zidon seem to have discovered the value of credit as an element of wealth.

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13. Proverbs 7:1–27

    My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 7:1–271 voice

    “The harlot adulteress of an Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to be the “sister” and “kinswoman” Pro 7:4 of the young man as he goes on his way through life. See Prov. 8 in the introduction.

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14. Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

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15. Proverbs 13:1

    A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 13:11 voice

    Heareth - The verb of the second clause is inserted in the first, just as in the next verse that of the first is inserted in the second. Stress is laid upon the obstinacy of the scorner who refuses to hear, not only “instruction,” but also the much stronger “rebuke.”

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16. Proverbs 15:5

    A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 15:51 voice

    “Prudence is that quality by which all things are accomplished through skillful industry, in the same way that malice is that quality whereby only evil is perpetrated. Because, therefore, every activity admits prudence and because evils likewise occur in all things, the name of prudence signifies two realities. Whoever uses cleverness and skill for the destruction of others is evil, but one who acts cleverly and shrewdly to avoid the harm that others have in store for him, directly and wisely detecting his own good, possesses a prudence that is worthy of praise.

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