Bible Verses About Age of Accountability
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for age of accountability, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,826 votes, led by Deuteronomy 1:39. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Age of Accountability
Deuteronomy 1:39198 votes
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
James 4:17152 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Matthew 19:14119 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Proverbs 20:1183 votes
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Isaiah 7:1680 votes
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Ezekiel 18:2077 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Romans 14:1274 votes
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Matthew 18:367 votes
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 2:42-4666 votes
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
Psalms 51:562 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 58:358 votes
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Romans 3:2355 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
2 Samuel 12:2348 votes
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
1 Corinthians 7:1444 votes
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Exodus 30:1441 votes
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
Numbers 14:28-3039 votes
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
2 Samuel 12:22-2327 votes
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Romans 7:9-1127 votes
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
2 Samuel 12:21-2325 votes
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
Matthew 18:1024 votes
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Romans 6:2324 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:222 votes
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Numbers 14:2921 votes
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
John 3:1621 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 7:921 votes
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
What does the Bible say about age of accountability?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 1:39 on the subject of age of accountability. Across 1,826 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:17, Matthew 19:14, Proverbs 20:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.