Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,
What it says
The young are told to remember their Creator before difficult days come and joy fades.
What it is doing
This verse opens the conclusion with an urgent call to early remembrance.
In context
1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, 2before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, 3on the day the keepers of the house tremble 4when the doors to the street are shut 5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, 6Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped 7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came 8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher.