# Where is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?

> “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” is Ecclesiastes 12:1.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/remember-your-creator-in-the-days-of-your-youth
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.

## The verse

> So remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad days arrive and the years come of which you will say, “They give me no delight”;
>
> — [Ecclesiastes 12:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/12#1) (Lumin Translation)

English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here.

## What it means there

The verses after it describe old age in pictures: dim eyes, shaking hands, fading strength. The advice is not to wait until then to think about God.

## Common questions

### Where is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” is Ecclesiastes 12:1. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.

### Is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Ecclesiastes 12:1. In the Lumin Translation, Ecclesiastes 12:1 reads: “So remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad days arrive and the years come of which you will say, “They give me no delight”;”

### Who said “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth”?

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.

### What does “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” mean in the Bible?

The verses after it describe old age in pictures: dim eyes, shaking hands, fading strength. The advice is not to wait until then to think about God.

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