Bible Verses about 'As a child'
- For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. - Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it. - So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
- Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
- Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me. - Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
- A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. - You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in. - And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. - Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”
- This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
- My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed. - As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things. - And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame. - Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
- Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many. - Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 
