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12Let no one despise your youth, but be an example among the faithful in word, in behavior, in charity, in faith, in chastity.
1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, “These do not please me.”
14Yet truly, Jesus said to them: “Allow the little children to come to me, and do not choose to prohibit them. For the kingdom of heaven is among such as these.”
29The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.
22So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
5Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
9By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
14I am writing to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I am writing to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
7And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to say, ‘I am a boy.’ For you shall go forth to everyone to whom I will send you. And you shall speak all that I will command you.
9So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
16But Jesus, calling them together, said: “Allow the children to come to me, and do not be an obstacle to them. For of such is the kingdom of God.
5For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. 2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: 3so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.
17You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously,
27TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
52And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and in age, and in grace, with God and men.