YOUNG PEOPLE

Thompson Chain Reference (1908)

(A) YOUNG MEN

(1) Truths to be Kept in Mind by

The Ideal of a Clean Life

The Certainty of a Day of Reckoning

Ecclesiastes 11:9

The Value of Restraint

Lamentations 3:27

The Power of Personal Influence

That Soberness is Better than Frivolity

Titus 2:6 Titus 2:7

Moral Strength is Mightier than Physical

Proverbs 20:29 1 John 2:13 1 John 2:14

(2) Examples of those Promoted to Leadership

Genesis 41:46 1 Samuel 17:33 2 Samuel 5:4 2 Chronicles 24:1 2 Chronicles 34:1 2 Chronicles 34:3 Luke 3:23 Luke 18:18 Acts 7:58 Acts 9:6 Acts 9:22

(3) Examples of Godly young Men

Joseph

Genesis 41:38 Genesis 41:46

Samuel

1 Samuel 2:26 1 Samuel 3:1

David

1 Samuel 17:33 1 Samuel 17:37

Joash

2 Chronicles 24:1 2 Chronicles 24:2 2 Kings 12:2

Josiah

2 Chronicles 34:1-3 Psalms 71:5

Jesus

Timothy

2 Timothy 1:5 2 Timothy 3:15

(4) Examples of Sinful

Genesis 4:8 Genesis 25:33 Genesis 25:34 1 Samuel 2:12 1 Samuel 8:3 2 Samuel 15:6 1 Kings 12:8-14 1 Kings 13:33 1 Kings 13:34 2 Kings 21:1 2 Kings 21:2 Luke 15:13

(B) YOUNG WOMEN

Judges 11:36 Ruth 1:16 Esther 4:16 Mark 16:1 Luke 1:38 Luke 10:39 John 12:3 John 11:24 Acts 21:9

(C) YOUTHFUL MUSICIANS

Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 16:18 Psalms 68:25

(D) ATHLETICS, SPIRITUAL

Striving for the Prize

1 Corinthians 9:24 Galatians 2:2

Hindrances to the Runner

Galatians 5:7 Philippians 2:16

Pressing toward the Goal

Philippians 3:14

Stripping for the Contest

The Home Stretch

The Prize Won

(E) FILIAL HONOUR AND OBEDIENCE

(1) Filial Honour Enjoined

Exodus 20:12 Leviticus 19:3 Deuteronomy 27:16 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 20:20 Proverbs 30:17 Isaiah 45:10 Matthew 15:4 Ephesians 6:2 1 Timothy 5:4

(2) Examples of

Genesis 41:12 1 Samuel 22:3 1 Kings 2:19 1 Kings 19:20 Jeremiah 35:8 Luke 2:51 John 19:25 John 19:26

(3) Filial Obedience Enjoined

Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 6:20 Proverbs 7:1 Proverbs 23:22 Ephesians 6:1 Colossians 3:20

(F) REVERENCE FOR OLD AGE

Leviticus 19:32 Job 32:6 Proverbs 23:22 1 Timothy 5:1 1 Timothy 5:2

(G) SINS OF YOUTH

(1) Results of

A Sad Inheritance

Disease and Death

Bitter Memories

Psalms 25:7 Ecclesiastes 11:9

Shame and Remorse

Jeremiah 3:25 Jeremiah 32:30

(2) Disrespect for Old Age

2 Kings 2:23 Job 30:1 Lamentations 5:12