Quotes about Youth
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 32:30
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
— Jeremiah 48:11
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
— Jeremiah 48:15
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
— Jeremiah 49:26
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 50:30
Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
— Jeremiah 51:3
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
— Jeremiah 51:22
They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
— Jeremiah 51:38
The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
— Lamentations 1:18
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
— Lamentations 2:10
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
— Lamentations 2:21
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
— Lamentations 3:27