Bible Verses about Children
| But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” | But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” |
| These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. | And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. |
| Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. | Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
| Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me. | Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. |
| All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. | For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. |
| Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. | Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. |
| You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. | Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
| Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Little children, keep yourselves from idols. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
| They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” | And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” |
| For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. | For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. |
| A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. | A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. |
| For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. |
| See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. | See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. |
| But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. | But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
| Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! | Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever! |
| But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name. | But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. |
| The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. | The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. |
| You shall 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 Yahweh your God gives you for all time. | Therefore you shall 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 that the Lord your God is giving you for all time. |
| For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. | For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. |
| Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is. Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure. | Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. |
| For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” | For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” |
| For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. | For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
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