19 Bible Verses about Adults

Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

And in every thing that ye do, labour from the soul, as for the Lord, and not man;

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear.

Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee."

REBUKE not harshly an aged man, but admonish him as a father; the younger men as brethren; the aged women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.

These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor toil be any more: because the former things are passed away.

But without faith it is impossible to be acceptable; for he must believe, who cometh unto God, that he exists, and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

For the time past of life is enough for us to have wrought the will of the heathen, when we walked in all impurities, lewd appetites, excess of wine, revels, drinking-bouts, and abominable idolatries;

But flee youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and uninstructive disputes avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels. And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing,read more.
with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the conviction of the truth;

Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of love, and of sobriety.

Do ye not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own? For ye have been bought with a price: glorify then God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.

(for we walk by faith, not by sight.)

not addicted to wine, not using hard words or blows, not greedy of base gain; but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;