71 Bible Verses about Youth

The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';

who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel.

"In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.

And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never defiled myself.From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth."

"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

"'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,

who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.

And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth."

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances,read more.
and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress." And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

And she said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."

But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."

And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.

"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, "I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you are the friend of my youth--

And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

"Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song.

I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.

For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.

therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,

And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

For David said, "Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

And David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the LORD God.

and certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";