Bible Verses About Adulthood
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for adulthood, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 945 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:11-12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Adulthood
1 Corinthians 13:11-1272 votes
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Ephesians 4:1531 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
1 Timothy 4:1228 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Luke 2:4025 votes
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Hebrews 6:125 votes
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Proverbs 19:2624 votes
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
1 Samuel 2:2623 votes
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.
Proverbs 22:623 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 4:13-1523 votes
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Proverbs 20:2921 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs 23:2221 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Jeremiah 29:1121 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Titus 2:1-621 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
1 Peter 2:221 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Exodus 20:1220 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Judges 2:1020 votes
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Psalms 90:1220 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Romans 8:2820 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1120 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
2 Peter 3:1820 votes
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Micah 6:819 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Luke 1:8019 votes
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Luke 2:5219 votes
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Ephesians 2:819 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 6:419 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
What does the Bible say about adulthood?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:11-12 on the subject of adulthood. Across 945 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:15, 1 Timothy 4:12, Luke 2:40. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.