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Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 18min

• 12 min. read • grade level: 6

Yarn. 1 Kings 10:28²⁸And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. (1 Kings 10:28); 2 Chron. 1:16¹⁶And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. (2 Chronicles 1:16).

Ye. 1 Cor. 6:11¹¹And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11); 2 Cor. 3:2²Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: (2 Corinthians 3:2); Gal. 6:1¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (Galatians 6:1).

Yea. Matt. 5:37³⁷But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. (Matthew 5:37); James 5:12¹²But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (James 5:12): let your communication be y., y.

2 Cor. 1:17¹⁷When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? (2 Corinthians 1:17): there should be y., y., and nay, nay.

See 2 Cor. 1:18¹⁸But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. (2 Corinthians 1:18); Phil. 3:8⁸Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, (Philippians 3:8); 2 Tim. 3:12¹²Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (2 Timothy 3:12).

Year. Gen. 1:14¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (Genesis 1:14): for seasons, days, and y.

Gen. 47:9⁹And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. (Genesis 47:9): few and evil have the y. of my life been.

Ex. 13:10¹⁰Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. (Exodus 13:10): keep this ordinance from y. to y.

Ex. 23:29²⁹I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. (Exodus 23:29): I will not drive them out in one y.

Lev. 16:34³⁴And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. (Leviticus 16:34): make atonement once a y.

Lev. 25:5⁵That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. (Leviticus 25:5): it is a y. of rest.

Num. 14:34³⁴After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. (Numbers 14:34): each day for a y. shall ye bear.

Deut. 14:22²²Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deuteronomy 14:22): thou shalt tithe the increase y. by y.

Deut. 15:9⁹Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. (Deuteronomy 15:9): the y. of release is at hand.

Deut. 26:12¹²When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; (Deuteronomy 26:12): the third y., which is the y. of tithing.

Deut. 32:7⁷Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (Deuteronomy 32:7): consider the y. of many generations.

Judg. 11:40⁴⁰That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. (Judges 11:40): to lament four days in a y.

1 Sam. 2:19¹⁹Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (1 Samuel 2:19): brought a coat from y. to y.

1 Sam. 7:16¹⁶And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. (1 Samuel 7:16): went from y. to y. in circuit.

2 Sam. 14:26²⁶And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. (2 Samuel 14:26): every y. he polled it.

1 Kings 17:1¹And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. (1 Kings 17:1): there shall not be dew nor rain these y.

2 Chron. 14:6⁶And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest. (2 Chronicles 14:6): the land had rest, no war in those y.

Job 10:5⁵Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, (Job 10:5): are thy y. as man’s days?

Job 15:20²⁰The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. (Job 15:20): the number of y. is hidden.

Job 16:22²²When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. (Job 16:22): when a few y. are come.

Job 32:7⁷I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. (Job 32:7): multitude of y. should teach wisdom.

Job 36:11¹¹If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. (Job 36:11): they shall spend their y. in pleasures.

Job 36:26²⁶Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. (Job 36:26): nor can the number of his y. be searched out.

Psa. 31:10¹⁰For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. (Psalm 31:10): my y. are spent with sighing.

Psa. 61:6⁶Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. (Psalm 61:6): prolong his y. as many generations.

Psa. 65:11¹¹Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. (Psalm 65:11): thou crownest the y. with thy goodness.

Psa. 77:5⁵I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. (Psalm 77:5): the y. of ancient times.

Psa. 77:10¹⁰And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. (Psalm 77:10): I will remember the y. of the right hand.

Psa. 78:33³³Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. (Psalm 78:33): their y. did he consume in trouble.

Psa. 90:4⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. (Psalm 90:4): a thousand y. in thy sight.

Psa. 90:9⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psalm 90:9): we spend our y. as a tale that is told.

Psa. 90:10¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psalm 90:10): the days of our y. are threescore and ten.

Psa. 102:24²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. (Psalm 102:24): thy y. are throughout all generations.

Psa. 102:27²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psalm 102:27): thy y. shall have no end.

Prov. 4:10¹⁰Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. (Proverbs 4:10): the y. of thy life shall be many.

Prov. 5:9⁹Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: (Proverbs 5:9): lest thou give thy y. to the cruel.

Prov. 10:27²⁷The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (Proverbs 10:27): the y. of the wicked shall be shortened.

Eccl. 12:1¹Remember 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; (Ecclesiastes 12:1): nor the y. draw nigh.

Isa. 21:16¹⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: (Isaiah 21:16): according to the y. of an hireling.

Isa. 29:1¹Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (Isaiah 29:1): add ye y. to y.

Isa. 38:15¹⁵What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. (Isaiah 38:15): go softly all my y.

Isa. 61:2²To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isaiah 61:2); Luke 4:19¹⁹To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:19): the acceptable y. of the Lord.

Isa. 63:4⁴For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. (Isaiah 63:4): the y. of my redeemed is come.

Jer. 11:23; 23:12; 48:44²³And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. (Jeremiah 11:23)
¹²Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:12)
⁴⁴He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 48:44): the y. of their visitation.

Jer. 17:8⁸For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jeremiah 17:8): shall not be careful in y. of drought.

Jer. 28:16¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord. (Jeremiah 28:16): this y. thou shalt die.

Jer. 51:46⁴⁶And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. (Jeremiah 51:46): a rumor shall come in one y.

Ezek. 4:5⁵For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. (Ezekiel 4:5): I have laid on thee the y. of their iniquity.

Ezek. 22:4⁴Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. (Ezekiel 22:4): thou art come even unto thy y.

Ezek. 38:8⁸After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. (Ezekiel 38:8): in latter y. thou shalt come.

Ezek. 46:17¹⁷But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. (Ezekiel 46:17): it shall be his to the y. of liberty.

Dan. 11:6⁶And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. (Daniel 11:6): in the end of y. they shall join.

Joel 2:2²A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. (Joel 2:2): to the y. of many generations.

Mic. 6:6⁶Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? (Micah 6:6): shall I come with calves of a y. old?

Hab. 3:2²O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2): revive thy work in the midst of the y.

Mal. 3:4⁴Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. (Malachi 3:4): the offering be pleasant, as in former y.

Luke 13:8⁸And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: (Luke 13:8): let it alone this y. also.

Gal. 4:10¹⁰Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. (Galatians 4:10): ye observe days and y.

Rev. 20:2²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Revelation 20:2): Satan bound for a thousand y.

See Zech. 14:16¹⁶And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:16); James 4:13¹³Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: (James 4:13); Rev. 9:15¹⁵And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. (Revelation 9:15).

Year, beginning of, changed. Ex. 12:1¹And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, (Exodus 12:1); Lev. 23:5⁵In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. (Leviticus 23:5). See MONTHS.

Yearly. 1 Sam. 1:3; 20:6³And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. (1 Samuel 1:3)
⁶If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. (1 Samuel 20:6); Esther 9:21²¹To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (Esther 9:21).

Yearn. Gen. 43:30³⁰And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Genesis 43:30); 1 Kings 3:26²⁶Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. (1 Kings 3:26).

Yell. Jer. 2:15; 51:38¹⁵The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. (Jeremiah 2:15)
³⁸They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. (Jeremiah 51:38).

Yesterday. Job 8:9⁹(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) (Job 8:9); Psa. 90:4⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. (Psalm 90:4); Heb. 13:8⁸Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Hebrews 13:8).

Yet. Gen. 40:23²³Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. (Genesis 40:23): y. did not the butler remember.

Ex. 10:7⁷And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? (Exodus 10:7): knowest thou not y.?

Deut. 9:29²⁹Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. (Deuteronomy 9:29): y. they are thy people.

Deut. 12:9⁹For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you. (Deuteronomy 12:9): ye are not as y. come.

Judg. 7:4⁴And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. (Judges 7:4): the people are y. too many.

1 Kings 19:18¹⁸Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18): y. I have left me.

2 Kings 13:23²³And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. (2 Kings 13:23): nor cast them from his presence as y.

Ezra 3:6⁶From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. (Ezra 3:6): the foundation was not y. laid.

Job 1:16¹⁶While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:16): while be was y. speaking.

Job 13:15¹⁵Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15): though be slay me. y. will I trust in him.

Job 29:5⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; (Job 29:5): when the Almighty was y. with me.

Psa. 2:6⁶Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6): y. have I set my king.

Eccl. 4:3³Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 4:3): he which hath not y. been.

Isa. 28:4⁴And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. (Isaiah 28:4): while it is y. in his hand.

Isa. 49:15¹⁵Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. (Isaiah 49:15): y. will I not forget.

Jer. 2:9⁹Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead. (Jeremiah 2:9): I will y. plead with you.

Jer. 23:21²¹I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. (Jeremiah 23:21): y. they ran.

Ezek. 11:16¹⁶Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezekiel 11:16): y. will I be to them.

Ezek. 36:37³⁷Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. (Ezekiel 36:37): I will y. for this be enquired of. R.V. moreover.

Dan. 11:35³⁵And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. (Daniel 11:35): it is y. for a time appointed.

Hos. 7:9⁹Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. (Hosea 7:9): y. he knoweth not. R.V. and.

Amos 6:10¹⁰And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord. (Amos 6:10): is there y. auy with thee?

Jonah 3:4⁴And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. (Jonah 3:4): y. forty days.

Hab. 3:18¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:18): y. I will rejoice.

Matt. 15:17¹⁷Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? (Matthew 15:17): do not ye y. understand ? R.V. omits.

Matt. 19:20²⁰The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? (Matthew 19:20): what lack I y.?

Matt. 24:6⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. (Matthew 24:6); Mark 13:7⁷And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. (Mark 13:7): the end it not y.

Mark 11:13¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (Mark 11:13): the time of figs was not y. R.V. omits.

Luke 24:44⁴⁴And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. (Luke 24:44): while I was y. with you.

John 2:4; 7:6; 8:20⁴Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. (John 2:4)
⁶Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. (John 7:6)
²⁰These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. (John 8:20): hour is not y. come.

John 11:25²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11:25): though dead, y. shall he live.

Rom. 5:6⁶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:6): y. without strength.

Rom. 8:24²⁴For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (Romans 8:24): why cloth he y. hope for? See R.V.

1 Cor. 3:15¹⁵If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. (1 Corinthians 3:15): y. so as by fire.

1 Cor. 15:17¹⁷And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. (1 Corinthians 15:17): ye are y. in your sins.

Gal. 2:20²⁰I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20): y. not I, but Christ.

Heb. 4:15¹⁵For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15): y. without sin.

1 John 3:2²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2): it doth not y. appear.

See Acts 8:16¹⁶(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) (Acts 8:16); Rom. 9:19¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (Romans 9:19); 1 Cor. 3:3³For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (1 Corinthians 3:3).

Yield. Gen. 4:12¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (Genesis 4:12): not henceforth y. strength.

Lev. 19:25²⁵And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:25): that it may y. the increase.

Lev. 26:4⁴Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (Leviticus 26:4): the land shall y. her increase.

Num. 17:8⁸And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. (Numbers 17:8): the rod y. almonds. R.V. bare ripe.

2 Chron. 30:8⁸Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. (2 Chronicles 30:8): y. yourselves to the Lord.

Neh. 9:37³⁷And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. (Nehemiah 9:37): it y. much increase to the kings.

Psa. 67:6⁶Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. (Psalm 67:6): the earth y. her increase.

Psa. 107:37³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. (Psalm 107:37): plant vineyards, which may y. fruits. R.V. get them.

Prov. 7:21²¹With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. (Proverbs 7:21): she caused him to y.

Eccl. 10:4⁴If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. (Ecclesiastes 10:4): y. pacifieth great offences.

Hos. 8:7⁷For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. (Hosea 8:7): if it y., the strangers shall swallow it up.

Joel 2:22²²Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. (Joel 2:22): the fig tree and vine do y. their strength.

Hab. 3:17¹⁷Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: (Habakkuk 3:17): though fields shall y. no meat.

Matt. 27:50⁵⁰Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (Matthew 27:50): cried again, and y. up the ghost.

Acts 23:21²¹But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. (Acts 23:21): do not thou y. to them.

Rom. 6:13¹³Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Romans 6:13): neither y. ye your members, but y. yourselves to God. R.V. present.

Rom. 6:16¹⁶Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:16): to whom ye y. yourselves servants. R.V. present.

Heb. 12:11¹¹Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (Hebrews 12:11): y. the peaceable fruits of righteousness.

See Gen. 1:29²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis 1:29); Isa. 5:10¹⁰Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isaiah 5:10); Dan. 3:28²⁸Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. (Daniel 3:28).

Yoke; The cross-bar to which draught oxen were fastened by the horns or neck, for drawing carts or plows. The affection known to exist between a pair of oxen yoked together is a fruitful source of illustration, e. g., Paul speaks of his true yokefellow (Phil. 4:3³And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlaborers, whose names are in the book of life. (Philippians 4:3)). See also 2 Cor. 6:14¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14). Christ also uses the yoke as a symbol (Matt. 11:29-30²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:29‑30)).

Gen. 27:40⁴⁰And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. (Genesis 27:40): thou shalt break his y.

Lev. 26:13¹³I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. (Leviticus 26:13): I have broken the bands of your y.

Num. 19:2²This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: (Numbers 19:2); 1 Sam. 6:7⁷Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: (1 Samuel 6:7): on which never came y.

Deut. 28:48⁴⁸Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (Deuteronomy 28:48): he shall put a y. on thy neck.

1 Kings 12:4⁴Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. (1 Kings 12:4): thy father made our y. grievous.

Isa. 9:4; 10:27; 14:25⁴For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. (Isaiah 9:4)
²⁷And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. (Isaiah 10:27)
²⁵That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. (Isaiah 14:25): thou hast broken the y. of his burden.

Isa. 58:6⁶Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6): that ye break every y.

Jer. 2:20²⁰For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. (Jeremiah 2:20): of old time I have broken thy y.

Jer. 27:2; 28:13²Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, (Jeremiah 27:2)
¹³Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. (Jeremiah 28:13): make thee bonds and y. R.V. bars.

Jer. 31:18¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. (Jeremiah 31:18): as a bullock unaccustomed to the y.

Lam. 3:27²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lamentations 3:27): it is good to bear the y. in youth.

Matt. 11:29²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:29): take my y. upon you.

Matt. 11:30³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30): for my y. is easy.

Acts 15:10¹⁰Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (Acts 15:10): to put a y. upon the neck of the disciples.

2 Cor. 6:14¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14): not unequally y. with unbelievers.

Gal. 5:1¹Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1): entangled with the y. of bondage.

Phil. 4:3³And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlaborers, whose names are in the book of life. (Philippians 4:3): I entreat thee also, true y.-fellow.

1 Tim. 6:1¹Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. (1 Timothy 6:1): as many servants as are under the y.

See Job 1:3; 42:12³His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. (Job 1:3)
¹²So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. (Job 42:12); Lam. 1:14¹⁴The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. (Lamentations 1:14); Luke 14:19¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. (Luke 14:19).

Yoke, of Christ, easy. Matt. 11:30³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30); 1 John 5:3³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3).

Yokes, typical. Jer. 27.

Yonder. Gen. 22:6⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. (Genesis 22:6); Num. 23:15¹⁵And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. (Numbers 23:15); Matt. 17:20²⁰And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (Matthew 17:20).

You. Gen. 48:21²¹And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. (Genesis 48:21): God shall be with y.

Ruth 2:4⁴And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. (Ruth 2:4): the Lord be with y.

1 Chron. 22:18¹⁸Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. (1 Chronicles 22:18): is not the Lord with y.?

2 Chron. 15:2²And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. (2 Chronicles 15:2): the Lord is with y., while ye be with him.

Jer. 18:6⁶O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jeremiah 18:6): cannot I do with y.

Jer. 42:11¹¹Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. (Jeremiah 42:11); Hag. 1:13; 2:4¹³Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. (Haggai 1:13)
⁴Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts: (Haggai 2:4): for I am with y.

Zech. 8:23²³Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zechariah 8:23): we will go with y., God is with y.

Matt. 7:12¹²Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (Matthew 7:12); Luke 6:31³¹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. (Luke 6:31): that men should do to y.

Matt. 28:20²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:20): I am with y. alway.

Luke 10:16¹⁶He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. (Luke 10:16): he that heareth y. heareth me.

Luke 13:28²⁸There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. (Luke 13:28): and y. yourselves thrust out. R.V. omits.

Acts 13:46⁴⁶Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. (Acts 13:46): seeing ye put it from y.

Rom. 16:20²⁰And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:20); 1 Cor. 16:23²³The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1 Corinthians 16:23); Phil. 4:23²³The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. <<To the Philippians written from Rome, by Epaphroditus.>> (Philippians 4:23); Col. 4:18¹⁸The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. <<Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.>> (Colossians 4:18); 1 Thess. 5:28²⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. <<The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.>> (1 Thessalonians 5:28); 2 Thess. 3:18¹⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. <<The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.>> (2 Thessalonians 3:18); 2 Tim. 4:22²²The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. <<The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.>> (2 Timothy 4:22); Titus 3:15¹⁵All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. <<It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.>> (Titus 3:15); Heb. 13:25²⁵Grace be with you all. Amen. <<Written to the Hebrews from Italy, by Timothy.>> (Hebrews 13:25); 2 John 3³Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2 John 3); Rev. 22:21²¹The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (Revelation 22:21): grace be with y.

1 Cor. 6:11¹¹And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11): such were some of y.

2 Cor. 12:14¹⁴Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2 Corinthians 12:14): I seek not yours, but y.

Eph. 2:1¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (Ephesians 2:1); Col. 2:13¹³And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; (Colossians 2:13): y. hath he quickened.

Col. 1:27²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Colossians 1:27): Christ in y.

Col. 4:9⁹With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. (Colossians 4:9): a brother, who is one of y.

1 Thess. 5:12¹²And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (1 Thessalonians 5:12): know them that are over y.

1 John 4:4⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4): greater is he that is in y.

See Hag. 1:4⁴Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? (Haggai 1:4); Mal. 2:1¹And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. (Malachi 2:1); 2 Cor. 8:13¹³For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: (2 Corinthians 8:13); Phil. 3:1¹Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. (Philippians 3:1); 1 Peter 2:7⁷Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (1 Peter 2:7).

Young. Ex. 23:26²⁶There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. (Exodus 23:26): there shall nothing cast their y.

Lev. 22:28²⁸And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. (Leviticus 22:28): ye shall not kill it and her y. in one day.

Deut. 22:6⁶If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: (Deuteronomy 22:6): thou shalt not take the dam with the y.

Deut. 28:50⁵⁰A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: (Deuteronomy 28:50): which will not chew favor to the y.

Deut. 28:57⁵⁷And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. (Deuteronomy 28:57): her eyes shall be evil toward her y. one.

Deut. 32:11¹¹As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: (Deuteronomy 32:11): as an eagle fluttereth over her y.

1 Chron. 22:5; 29:1⁵And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. (1 Chronicles 22:5)
¹Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. (1 Chronicles 29:1): Solomon my son is y.

2 Chron. 13:7⁷And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. (2 Chronicles 13:7): when Rehoboam was y. and tender.

2 Chron. 34:3³For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. (2 Chronicles 34:3): while he was yet y., he began to seek God.

Job 38:41⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. (Job 38:41): when his y. ones cry to God, they wander.

Job 39:16¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear; (Job 39:16): the ostrich is hardened against her y.

Psa. 37:25²⁵I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. (Psalm 37:25): I have been y., and now am old.

Psa. 78:71⁷¹From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. (Psalm 78:71): from following ewes great with y. R.V. that give suck.

Psa. 84:3³Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3): a nest where she may lay her y.

Psa. 147:9⁹He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Psalm 147:9): he giveth food to the y. ravens which cry.

Prov. 30:17¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. (Proverbs 30:17): the y. eagles shall eat it.

Song of Sol. 2:9; 8:14⁹My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:9)
¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Solomon 8:14): my beloved is like a y. hart.

Isa. 11:7⁷And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (Isaiah 11:7): their y. shall lie down together.

Isa. 40:11¹¹He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11): and gently lead those that are with y.

Jer. 31:12¹²Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. (Jeremiah 31:12): flow together for y. of the flock.

Ezek. 17:4⁴He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. (Ezekiel 17:4): cropped off his y. twigs.

John 21:18¹⁸Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. (John 21:18): when y. thou girdedst thyself.

Titus 2:4⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:4): teach the y. women to be sober.

See Gen. 33:13¹³And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. (Genesis 33:13); Isa. 30:6⁶The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. (Isaiah 30:6); Mark 7:25²⁵For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: (Mark 7:25); John 12:14¹⁴And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, (John 12:14).

Young, exhortations to. Lev. 19:32³²Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:32); Prov. 1:8⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (Proverbs 1:8); Eccl. 12:1¹Remember 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; (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

Christ’s pattern. Luke 2:46,51⁴⁶And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. (Luke 2:46)
⁵¹And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (Luke 2:51); Titus 2:4⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:4); 1 Peter 5:5⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5).

Younger. Gen. 25:23²³And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. (Genesis 25:23): the elder shall serve the y.

Job 30:1¹But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. (Job 30:1): they that are y. have me in derision.

Luke 22:26²⁶But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. (Luke 22:26): he that is greatest, let him be as the y.

1 Tim. 5:1¹Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; (1 Timothy 5:1): intreat the y. men as brethren.

1 Peter 5:5⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5): ye y., submit yourselves to the elder.

See Gen. 29:18¹⁸And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Genesis 29:18); Luke 15:12¹²And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. (Luke 15:12); 1 Tim. 5:2,11²The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. (1 Timothy 5:2)
¹¹But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; (1 Timothy 5:11).

Youngest. Gen. 42:13¹³And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. (Genesis 42:13); Josh. 6:26²⁶And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. (Joshua 6:26); 1 Kings 16:34³⁴In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. (1 Kings 16:34).

Yours. 2 Chron. 20:15¹⁵And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. (2 Chronicles 20:15); Luke 6:20²⁰And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20); 1 Cor. 3:21²¹Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; (1 Corinthians 3:21).

Youth. Gen. 8:21²¹And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. (Genesis 8:21): imagination is evil from y.

Gen. 46:34³⁴That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Genesis 46:34): about cattle from our y. till now.

1 Sam. 17:33³³And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. (1 Samuel 17:33): he a man of war from his y.

1 Sam. 17:55⁵⁵And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. (1 Samuel 17:55): whose son is this y.?

2 Sam. 19:7⁷Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. (2 Samuel 19:7): evil that befell thee from thy y.

1 Kings 18:12¹²And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. (1 Kings 18:12): I fear the Lord from my y.

Job 13:26²⁶For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. (Job 13:26): to possess the iniquities of my y.

Job 20:11¹¹His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. (Job 20:11): his bones are full of the sin of his y.

Job 29:4⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; (Job 29:4): as in days of my y. R.V. ripeness.

Job 30:12¹²Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. (Job 30:12): on my right hand rise the y. R.V. rabble.

Job 33:25²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: (Job 33:25): he shall return to the days of his y.

Job 36:14¹⁴They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. (Job 36:14): hypocrites die in y.

Psa. 25:7⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. (Psalm 25:7): remember not the sins of my y.

Psa. 71:5⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. (Psalm 71:5): thou art my trust from my y.

Psa. 71:17¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. (Psalm 71:17): thou halt taught me from my y.

Psa. 88:15¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. (Psalm 88:15): ready to die from my y. up.

Psa. 89:45⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. (Psalm 89:45): the days of his y. hast thou shortened.

Psa. 103:5⁵Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalm 103:5): thy y. is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psa. 110:3³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. (Psalm 110:3): the dew of thy y.

Psa. 127:4⁴As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. (Psalm 127:4): the children of thy y.

Psa. 129:1¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: (Psalm 129:1): they have afflicted me from my y.

Psa. 144:12¹²That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: (Psalm 144:12): as plants grown up in y.

Prov. 2:17¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. (Proverbs 2:17): forsaketh the guide of her y.

Prov. 5:18¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. (Proverbs 5:18): rejoice with the wife of thy y.

Eccl. 11:9⁹Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11:9): rejoice, young man, in thy y.

Eccl. 11:10¹⁰Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. (Ecclesiastes 11:10): childhood and y. are vanity. R.V. y. and prime of life.

Isa. 47:12¹²Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. (Isaiah 47:12): wherein thou hast labored from thy y.

Isa. 54:4⁴Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. (Isaiah 54:4): forget the shame of thy y.

Jer. 2:2²Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. (Jeremiah 2:2): the kindness of thy y.

Jer. 3:4⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? (Jeremiah 3:4): thou art’the guide of nay y.

Jer. 22:21²¹I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. (Jeremiah 22:21): this hath been thy manner from thy y.

Jer. 31:19¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. (Jeremiah 31:19): bear the reproach of my y.

Jer. 32:30³⁰For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 32:30): have done evil before me from their y.

Jer. 48:11¹¹Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. (Jeremiah 48:11): hath been at ease from his y.

Lam. 3:27²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lamentations 3:27): it is good that he bear the yoke in his y.

Ezek. 4:14¹⁴Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezekiel 4:14): soul not polluted from y.

Ezek. 16:22²²And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. (Ezekiel 16:22): thou hast not remembered the days of thy y.

Hos. 2:15¹⁵And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. (Hosea 2:15): she shall sing as in the days of her y.

Joel 1:8⁸Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (Joel 1:8): lament for husband of her y.

Zech. 13:5⁵But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. (Zechariah 13:5): man taught me to keep cattle from my y.

Matt. 19:20²⁰The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? (Matthew 19:20); Mark 10:20²⁰And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. (Mark 10:20); Luke 18:21²¹And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. (Luke 18:21): have kept from my y.

Acts 26:4⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; (Acts 26:4): my manner of life from my y.

1 Tim. 4:12¹²Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12): let no man despise thy y.

See Prov. 7:7⁷And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, (Proverbs 7:7); Isa. 40:30³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (Isaiah 40:30); Jer. 3:24-25²⁴For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. ²⁵We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. (Jeremiah 3:24‑25).

Youthful. 2 Tim. 2:22²²Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Timothy 2:22): flee y. lusts.

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