. . . the age where we know right from wrong.
2006-11-12 12:06:01 · 4 answers · asked by shepherd 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Let me clarify, I am not looking for a specific age number in years, I am just trying to find out what bible verse addresses this issue.
2006-11-12 14:57:44 · update #1
The age is not the same for every child. Obviously, some children mature faster than others. A verse that relates to this issue is James 4:17, where we read: "Anyone, then who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." It would seem from this verse that when a child truly comes into a full awareness and moral understanding of "oughts" and "Shoulds," he or she AT THAT POINT has reached the age of accountability.
2006-11-12 12:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no clear verse as to a specific age, however when the Israelites came out of Egypt God did make the cut off at age 20.
Numbers 32:11 'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me, 12 none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
Deuteronomy 1:35 'Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!' 37 Even with me the LORD was angry on your account and said, 'You also shall not go in there. 38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
2006-11-12 12:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jesus was twelve when he was at the temple preaching and told his mother he was doing his father's business. I always thought that was the age of accountability.
2006-11-12 12:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by Pearl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
....the age where WE KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
EXACTLY.
2006-11-12 12:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by LIVE4TRUTH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋