What Does the Bible Say About Sweet 16 Birthday?

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 32 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 19 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Proverbs 9:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ...

Job 1:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

James 2:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Psalm 46:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 7 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Matthew 2:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

Psalm 71:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

Job 12:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Mark 16:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Genesis 40:20-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

James 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Corinthians 11:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.

Luke 1:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

Mark 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Matthew 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Isaiah 46:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Leviticus 18:1-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord. ...

Genesis 40:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Galatians 3:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

John 1:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

John 1:19-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” ...

John 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

Mark 6:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

Matthew 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

Matthew 11:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Ecclesiastes 11:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Proverbs 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

Psalm 148:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created.

Psalm 92:12-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

Genesis 16:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Romans 14:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.

Acts 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

John 8:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Mark 1:1-45 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ...

Matthew 14:6-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given. He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, ...

Matthew 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Zechariah 7:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord, saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?” Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? ...

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Joshua 6:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.” ...

56 Bible Verses about Sweet 16 Birthday

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

3 John 1:2 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 9:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 1:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 46:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 71:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 12:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 16:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 40:20-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 46:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 18:1-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 40:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:19-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 11:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 148:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 92:12-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 16:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 8:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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