Lamentations 3:27 KJV
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27, King James Version
In context
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Cross-references
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.