21 Bible Verses about Birthdays

May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you: May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace: May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.

For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.

Praise be to God for what he has given, which words have no power to say.

The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.

The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit. They are new every morning; great is your good faith.

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;

Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am. You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.