The Christmas season is meant to be a time for us to reflect on and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but if we are not careful, it can so easily become a time where we fall into the trap of a busy, consumerist Christmas and we forget about the true meaning for the season.
To avoid this, it takes intentionality to slow down and reorient ourselves around what Christmas is really about. So to help you do this, here are 15 of the top verses that will help us reflect on Jesus’ birth during the Christmas season:
Top 15 Bible Verses about Christmas
”Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
”For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
”Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
Micah 5:2
”The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."
Luke 1:35
”The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18
”The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
”Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors!
Luke 2:14
”When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Galatians 4:4-5
”Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:9
”Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15
”When they saw the star, they were overwhelmed with joy.
Matthew 2:10
”“Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
John 1:29
”Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even to death on a cross.
Philippians 2:5-8
”Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17
”She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:21
