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Ecclesiastes 11:9

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Rejoice: 1 Kings 18:27, 1 Kings 22:15; Luke 15:12-13

in thy youth: Ecclesiastes 12:1; 1 Kings 18:12; Lamentations 3:27

walk: Numbers 15:30, Numbers 22:32; Deuteronomy 29:19; Job 31:7; Psalms 81:12; Jeremiah 7:24, Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 44:16-17; Acts 14:16; Ephesians 2:2-3; 1 Peter 4:3-4

in the sight: Ecclesiastes 2:10; Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2; Joshua 7:21; 2 Samuel 11:2-4; Matthew 5:28; 1 John 2:15-16

know: Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalms 50:4-6; Acts 17:30-31, Acts 24:25; Romans 2:5-11, Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Peter 3:7; Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 20:12-15

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