Bible Verses About Young Men

They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.

Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?

Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.

And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.

Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.

Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.

THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.

What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!

Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.

Therefore thus saith the Lord against Iehoiakim, the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not lament him, saying, Ah, my brother, or ah, sister: neither shall they mourne for him, saying, Ah, lord, or ah, his glorie.

He shalbe buryed, as an asse is buryed, euen drawen and cast foorth without the gates of Ierusalem.

Goe vp to Lebanon, and cry: showte in Bashan and crye by the passages: for all thy louers are destroyed.

I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bene thy maner from thy youth, that thou wouldest not obey my voyce.

And beholde, one came and sayd vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I doe, that I may haue eternall life?

And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.

He sayd to him, Which? And Iesus sayde, These, Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnesse.

Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

The yong man sayd vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?

Iesus sayd vnto him, If thou wilt be perfite, go, sell that thou hast, and giue it to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, and follow me.