Bible Verses About Becoming an Adult
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for becoming an adult, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 191 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Becoming an Adult
1 Corinthians 13:1139 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.
2 Timothy 2:2223 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Ephesians 4:14-1519 votes
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Proverbs 3:5-615 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Jeremiah 29:1112 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.
Psalms 23:1-611 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 Timothy 4:1211 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.
2 Peter 3:1811 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.
Proverbs 22:610 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Micah 6:810 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?
John 3:16-1710 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.
Titus 2:1-610 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Revelation 1:110 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about becoming an adult?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:11 on the subject of becoming an adult. Across 191 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 2:22, Ephesians 4:14-15, Proverbs 3:5-6. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.