Bible Verses About Young Men

Giving an honest answer is like giving a kiss.

Prepare your outside work, and get things ready for yourself on the land; after that, build your house.

Don't be a witness against your neighbor for no reason -would you use your lips to deceive?

Don't say, "I'll do to him what he did to me, I'll pay him back what his deeds deserve."

I passed by the field of the lazy man and the vineyard of the man lacking sense.

There it was, overgrown with thistles; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

I looked, and I thought about it; I saw, and I learned this lesson:

"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep"-

and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

My son, become wise, and gladden my heart, so that I can answer my critics.

A wise son observes Torah, but a friend of those lacking restraint shames his father.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a patron of prostitutes wastes his wealth.

The words of King L'mu'el, the prophecy with which his mother disciplined him:

No, my son! No, son of my womb! No, son of my vows!

Don't give your strength to women or your ways to that which destroys kings.

Therefore here is what ADONAI says concerning Y'hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y'hudah: "There will be no one to mourn for him, 'Oh! My brother!' or 'Oh! My sister!' There will be no one to mourn for him, 'Oh! My master!' or 'Oh! His glory!'

He will be given a donkey's 'burial' - dragged out the gates of Yerushalayim and thrown away [to rot].

Climb up to the L'vanon and cry out, raise your voice in Bashan, cry out from 'Avarim, for all your lovers are broken.

I spoke to you in your times of prosperity, but you said, 'I won't listen.' This has been your pattern since you were young - you pay no attention to what I say.

A man approached Yeshua and said, "Rabbi, what good thing should I do in order to have eternal life?" He said to him,

"Why are you asking me about good? There is One who is good! But if you want to obtain eternal life, observe the mitzvot."

The man asked him, "Which ones?" and Yeshua said, "Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony

honor father and mother and love your neighbor as yourself."

The young man said to him, "I have kept all these; where do I still fall short?"

Yeshua said to him, "If you are serious about reaching the goal, go and sell your possessions, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"