Youths

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, 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 →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: — read the full passage →

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; — read the full passage →

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. — read the full passage →

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. — read the full passage →

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; — read the full passage →

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me. — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

He looked up, and said, “I see men; for I see them like trees walking.”

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”