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Ecclesiastes 11:10

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Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 7:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  2. 2 Timothy 2:22Rank 2 from verse 10
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    22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  4. Ecclesiastes 1:14Rank 4 from verse 10
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  5. Ecclesiastes 12:1Rank 5 from verse 10
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    1REMEMBER 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;

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Ecclesiastes 11:10

COMBINED MEANING

remove

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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

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sorrow

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Sense 1: Grief, sadness, anguish, pain, regret, distress, trouble, or heaviness. Sense 2: To grieve or cause such pain.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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youth

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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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9¶ Rejoice, 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.

10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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