19 Bible Verses about Adults

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Whatever ye do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not to men,

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world giveth, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.

Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with what ye have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee;"

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren; the elder women, as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance; against such things as these there is no law.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain he any more; for the former things are passed away.

But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

For sufficient is the time past to have wrought the will of the gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, carousings, and abominable idolatries;

But flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they gender quarrels; and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,read more.
in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envy;

for God gave us not the spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of admonition.

Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own? For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage,

not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;