Bible Verses about Children

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• But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
  Matthew 19:14kingdomheaven
• And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
  Deuteronomy 6:6-7lawfamily
• Direct your children onto the right path,
  and when they are older, they will not leave it.
  Proverbs 22:6righteousnessfamily
• Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
  Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
  But even if that were possible,
  I would not forget you!
  See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
  Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.
  Isaiah 49:15-16lovefamilycompassion
• No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
  Hebrews 12:11righteousnesspeacepunishment
• Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
  parents are the pride of their children.
  Proverbs 17:6family
• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
  Ephesians 6:4lawfamily
• Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
  Ephesians 5:1following
• I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
  3 John 1:4joytruth
• Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
  1 John 5:21idols
• God blesses those who work for peace,
  for they will be called the children of God.
  Matthew 5:9blessingpeace
• They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”
  Acts 16:31faithsalvationfamily
• For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.
  Galatians 3:26-27faithbaptismclothing
• Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline;
  whoever learns from correction is wise.
  Proverbs 15:5Fatherwisdommind
• For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
  Romans 8:14obedienceSpirit
• See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
  1 John 3:1loveFatherworld
• But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.
  1 Timothy 5:8familyrelationships
• Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
  Deuteronomy 5:29lawobedienceblessing
• But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
  John 1:12faithFather
• For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
  Romans 8:16GodSpirit
• If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
  Deuteronomy 4:40lawobedienceblessing
• For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.
  Romans 8:19creationFather
• Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.
  1 John 3:2-3purificationfamilyheaven
• So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritslavery
• For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
  Ephesians 5:8lightlife