Therefore remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has entrusted all that he has into my hand.

There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil, and sin against God?

The warden of the prison house did not oversee anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it prosper.

Therefore I also have given him unto Jehovah; as long as he lives he is loaned unto Jehovah. And he bowed down before Jehovah there.

But Samuel was serving before Jehovah, even as a boy, girded with a linen ephod.

And the boy Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with Jehovah and men.

And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh. For Jehovah revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the Word of Jehovah.

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance nor at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For man does not see as He sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks at the heart.

And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and good appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!

And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the ranks of the living God.

Moreover David said, Jehovah, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with you!

And Solomon said: You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son sitting on his throne, as it is this day.

And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted for multitude.

And the word was good in the eyes of Jehovah, that Solomon had asked this thing.

behold, I have done according to your words; behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.

And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave; because out of the whole house of Jeroboam, only in him there is found something good toward Jehovah, the God of Israel.

And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared Jehovah from my youth.

And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the groves, the graven images, and the molten images.

For You are He who took Me out of the womb, causing Me to trust while on My mother's breasts.

I was cast upon You from the womb; You are My Mighty God from My mother's belly.

Come, you children, give heed to me; I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I have declared Your marvelous works.

And now when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not leave me, until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early find me.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for You; for the desire of our soul is Your name and the remembrance of You.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

And Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine which he drank. So he asked of the chief of the officials that he might not defile himself.

Now God had brought Daniel into kindness and compassion with the chief of the officials.

As for these four boys, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.

but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day's journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

And so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

And when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, Son, why have You done this to us? Behold, Your father and I have sought You, greatly distressed.

But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that has come is vanity.

Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished.

The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of vigor they are eighty years, yet their boast is toil and wickedness; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Strangers have eaten up his strength, yet he does not know it. Yea, gray hairs are sprinkled here and there on him, yet he does not know it.

I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?