Bible Verses About Young People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for young people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 92,999 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Young People
1 Timothy 4:122,930 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.
Ecclesiastes 12:11,872 votes
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
1 Corinthians 10:131,772 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Jeremiah 29:111,747 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 119:91,712 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
2 Timothy 2:221,676 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Psalms 119:1051,536 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Isaiah 41:101,452 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Proverbs 3:5-61,438 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Ephesians 4:291,388 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Isaiah 40:29-311,379 votes
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Philippians 4:6-71,302 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Deuteronomy 31:61,294 votes
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Ecclesiastes 11:91,237 votes
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
1 Corinthians 6:19-201,205 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 12:1-21,199 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 6:1-31,192 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Romans 8:281,175 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.
Philippians 4:131,154 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 3:161,152 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.
Exodus 20:121,148 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Romans 12:21,125 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 John 2:141,121 votes
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Revelation 1:11,114 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:
Proverbs 1:8-91,111 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
What does the Bible say about young people?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:12 on the subject of young people. Across 92,999 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 12:1, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Jeremiah 29:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.