Bible Verses About Advent

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel .

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting .

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

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

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was , and is not, and yet is.

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,