Shavuot Bible Verses - Feast of Weeks Scriptures from The Old Testament

Here are 50 Bible verses from the Old Testament (New King James Version) suitable for writing inside a Shavuot greeting card. Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks, celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the first fruits of the harvest. These verses reflect themes of harvest, thanksgiving, God’s Word, covenant, and spiritual renewal.

On the Harvest & First Fruits

1. Exodus 23:16 – “And the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.”

2. Exodus 34:22 – “And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.”

3. Leviticus 23:17 – “You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the Lord.”

4. Leviticus 23:21 – “And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.”

5. Numbers 28:26 – “Also on the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.”

6. Deuteronomy 16:10 – “Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you.”

7. Deuteronomy 16:16 – “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles.”

8. Deuteronomy 26:2 – “That you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.”

9. Deuteronomy 26:10 – “And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’ Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.”

10. Psalm 67:5-6 – “Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You. The earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.”

11. Psalm 65:11 – “You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.”

12. Psalm 85:12 – “Yes, the Lord will give what is good; and our land will yield its increase.”

13. Proverbs 3:9-10 – “Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase; so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.”

14. Jeremiah 5:24 – “They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’”

15. Joel 2:23 – “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.”

On the Word of God (The Giving of the Torah)

1. Exodus 19:5 – “Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.”

2. Exodus 20:1 – “And God spoke all these words, saying:”

3. Exodus 24:12 – “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.’”

4. Deuteronomy 4:13 – “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.”

5. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

6. Psalm 19:7-8 – “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.”

7. Psalm 19:10 – “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”

8. Psalm 119:2 – “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!”

9. Psalm 119:16 – “I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.”

10. Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

11. Psalm 119:165 – “Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.”

12. Proverbs 4:2 – “For I give you good doctrine: do not forsake my law.”

13. Isaiah 2:3 – “Many people shall come and say, ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

14. Jeremiah 31:33 – “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”

15. Micah 4:2 – “Many nations shall come and say, ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

On Covenant & Community

1. Exodus 19:6 – “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

2. Exodus 24:7 – “Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, ‘All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.’”

3. Deuteronomy 5:2 – “The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.”

4. Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.”

5. Ruth 1:16 – “But Ruth said: ‘Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.’”

6. 1 Kings 8:56 – “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.”

7. Psalm 111:9 – “He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: holy and awesome is His name.”

8. Psalm 133:1 – “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

On Joy & Rejoicing

1. Deuteronomy 16:11 – “You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.”

2. Deuteronomy 16:14 – “And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates.”

3. Ecclesiastes 3:12 – “I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.”

4. Nehemiah 8:10 – “Then he said to them, ‘Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’”

On God’s Provision & Blessing

1. Numbers 6:24-26 – “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

2. Deuteronomy 28:2 – “And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

3. Psalm 5:12 – “For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield.”

4. Psalm 90:17 – “And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.”

5. Proverbs 10:22 – “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.”

6. Isaiah 44:3 – “For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.”

7. Malachi 3:10 – “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

8. Zechariah 8:12 – “For the seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give its fruit, the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew—I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these.”