Bible Verses About Children
This collection includes 50 passages about Children. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Scripture Passages
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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