It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”
— Lamentations 3:27
"He that endureth to the end shall be saved" — endurance in the Bible is not gritting teeth; it is sustained trust with a finish line in view. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Lamentations 3:27 to Ecclesiastes 7:8.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about endurance here is Lamentations 3:27: "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Matthew 24:13 follows close behind: "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
But he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:13
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 6:4
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:3
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:5
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
Hebrews 10:32
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:27
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
James 5:7
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10
Now 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.
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
James 5:11
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
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