The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. They are the ones who will be tasked with making the world a better place for all. As such, it is important that they be given every opportunity to succeed.
One way to help ensure the success of our youth is to provide them with access to quality education. This means ensuring that schools have the resources they need to provide a well-rounded education, including art and music programs, which help foster creativity and critical thinking skills.
We must also give young people the opportunity to get involved in their communities and learn about civic engagement. This can be done through volunteer programs, internships, or even simply encouraging them to vote in elections.
Lastly, we must remember that the youth are not the future, they are the present. We must work to ensure that they have every opportunity to succeed in whatever endeavor they choose. By doing so, we can help build a better tomorrow for everyone.
What Does Bible Say About Youth?
One of the most famous verses about youth is Psalm 127:
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”
This verse speaks to the importance of raising children in a godly home, and that they are a blessing to their parents.
Proverbs 22:6 says
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
This is another reminder that it is important to teach our children about God from a young age. As they grow older, they will continue to follow the path that has been set for them.
Finally, 1 Timothy 4:12 says
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.”
This verse reminds us that even though we are young, we still have an opportunity to lead others in the right direction. We can show them what it looks like to follow Christ through our words and actions.
No matter what your age, the Bible has something to say to you! These verses about youth remind us of the importance of raising our children in a godly home and setting an example for others. What are some other verses about youth that have been meaningful to you? Share them in the comments below!
Bible Verses About Youth
1. Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
2. Psalm 119:9
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
3. 2 Chronicles 13:7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
4. 1 Chronicles 29:1
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
5. Psalm 89:45
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
6. Leviticus 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
7. Job 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
8. Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore thus saith 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:
9. Psalm 78:31
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
10. Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
11. Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
12. Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
13. Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
14. Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
15. 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
16. Job 32:6
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
17. Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
18. Amos 8:13
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
19. Psalm 71:17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
20. Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
21. 1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
22. Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
23. Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
24. 2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
25. Acts 21:9
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
26. Psalm 103:5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
27. Isaiah 54:4
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
28. 1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
29. Psalm 78:63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
30. Judges 11:36
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
31. Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
32. Psalm 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
33. Jeremiah 9:21
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
34. Ezekiel 16:60
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
35. Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
36. Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
37. Jeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
38. Isaiah 40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
39. 1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
40. 1 Kings 3:7
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
41. 1 Samuel 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
42. Ezekiel 4:14
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
43. Job 36:14
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
44. 1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
45. Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
46. Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
47. Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
48. 2 Timothy 1:5
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
49. Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
50. Job 33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
51. Psalm 71:5
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
52. Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
53. 1 Timothy 4:12
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.
54. 1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
55. Ezekiel 16:22
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
56. Ecclesiastes 12:1
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;
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