Teenagers

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, — read the full passage →

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. — read the full passage →

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin? — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: — read the full passage →

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness — read the full passage →

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say, — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. — read the full passage →

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah — read the full passage →

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. — read the full passage →

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. — read the full passage →

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed, — read the full passage →

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →

Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! — read the full passage →

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig. — read the full passage →

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men. — read the full passage →

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. — read the full passage →

Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, Andmy fingers to fight: — read the full passage →

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. — read the full passage →

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. — read the full passage →

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: — read the full passage →

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. — read the full passage →

He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. — read the full passage →

And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel. — read the full passage →

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me. — read the full passage →

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. — read the full passage →

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. — read the full passage →

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows? — read the full passage →

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. — read the full passage →

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it. — read the full passage →

But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. — read the full passage →

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. — read the full passage →

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: — read the full passage →

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

And he entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. — read the full passage →

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

Sing unto him a new song; Play skilfully with a loud noise. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead. — read the full passage →

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them. — read the full passage →

When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; — read the full passage →