39 Best Birthday Bible Verses For A Son To Celebrate With Scripture

Whether your son is turning five or fifty-five, these 39 best birthday Bible verses for a son would be a perfect way to bless them on their birthday! Scripture has a way of encouraging and strengthening those who read it. Whether you add it to a coffee mug, t-shirt, or add it to a special card, it can be just what your son needs to read on his special day. 

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Best Birthday Bible Verses For Son

Psalm 144:1
Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 

Romans 8:14 
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

1 Timothy 4:12
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and purity.

Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Proverbs 1:8-9
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Philippians 1:6
And so I am sure confident that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

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3 John 1:4
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

1 Samuel 1:27–28
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life, he will be given over to the LORD.

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Psalm 139:13-14
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Galatians 4:6 
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Psalm 71:6-8
From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you. I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long. 

1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.

Jeremiah 29:11 
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Isaiah 40:31
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

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Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Psalms 127:4-5 
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Psalms 138:8
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Psalms 139:1-5
You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

Numbers 6:25-26
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace

Blessings For Your Son's Special Day

2 Timothy 2:1 
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

3 John 1:2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

Psalms 118:24 
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Isaiah 46:4
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.

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Proverbs 4:10-13
Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water,that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit

Even More Birthday Bible Verses For Son

Proverbs 9:11
For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Psalm 16:11 
May God make you know the path of life. May he fill you with joy in his presence, with eternal pleasures at his right hand.

Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

James 1:12 
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Psalm 27:4-7
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.

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When speaking a blessing over someone's life, there is no better place to look than Scripture. And we hope these birthday Bible verses for a son have inspired you!

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