Birthdays mark significant milestones in our lives, serving as moments of reflection, gratitude, and celebration. The Bible, we find verses that acknowledge the importance of birthdays and the gift of life itself.
Bible verses the beauty, significance, and divine purpose behind the commemoration of birthdays.
Genesis 40:20 – “Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials…”
Job 1:4 – “His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.”
Luke 1:14 – “And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,”
Luke 1:58 – “And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.”
Luke 15:32 – “But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.”
Romans 12:15 – “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.”
Galatians 4:4 – “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law…”
James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
Psalm 20:4 – “May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!”
Psalm 90:12 – “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 118:24 – “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Proverbs 9:11 – “For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1 – “A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.”
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.”
Jeremiah 20:14 – “Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!”
John 16:21 – “When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.”
1 Samuel 1:27 – “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.”
1 Samuel 2:1 – “And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your salvation.”
1 Chronicles 16:11 – “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”
2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Job 1:21 – “And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Psalm 9:9-10 – “The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 34:8 – “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!”
Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Psalm 56:3-4 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?”
Psalm 71:6 – “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.”
Psalm 139:13-14 – “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”