Bible Verses about Children

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• But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
  Matthew 19:14kingdomheaven
• 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.
  Deuteronomy 6:6-7lawfamily
• Train up a child in the way he should go,
  And when he is old he will not depart from it.
  Proverbs 22:6righteousnessfamily
• Can a woman forget her nursing child,
  And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
  Surely they may forget,
  Yet I will not forget you.
  See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
  Your walls are continually before Me.
  Isaiah 49:15-16lovefamilycompassion
• Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  Hebrews 12:11righteousnesspeacepunishment
• Children’s children are the crown of old men,
  And the glory of children is their father.
  Proverbs 17:6family
• And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4lawfamily
• Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
  Ephesians 5:1following
• I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
  3 John 1:4joytruth
• Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
  1 John 5:21idols
• Blessed are the peacemakers,
  For they shall be called sons of God.
  Matthew 5:9blessingpeace
• So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  Acts 16:31faithsalvationfamily
• For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
  Galatians 3:26-27faithbaptismclothing
• A fool despises his father’s instruction,
  But he who receives correction is prudent.
  Proverbs 15:5Fatherwisdommind
• For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
  Romans 8:14obedienceSpirit
• Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
  1 John 3:1loveFatherworld
• But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
  1 Timothy 5:8familyrelationships
• Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
  Deuteronomy 5:29lawobedienceblessing
• But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.
  John 1:12faithFather
• The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
  Romans 8:16GodSpirit
• You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
  Deuteronomy 4:40lawobedienceblessing
• For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
  Romans 8:19creationFather
• Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
  1 John 3:2-3purificationfamilyheaven
• For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritslavery
• For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
  Ephesians 5:8lightlife