Bible Verses About Children

How great is it to know that we can become children of God? It’s a wonderful privilege that God extends to us, and it’s something that we should all aspire to. Becoming a child of God is a process that starts with repenting of our sins and asking God for forgiveness. Once we’ve done that, we need to commit our lives to follow Jesus Christ. As we do that, we’ll grow closer to God and begin to experience His love for us in a deeper way. And that’s just the beginning! As we continue to grow in our relationship with God, He will work in us and through us.

We become children of God through Baptism, which is a sacrament of initiation into the Christian faith. In Baptism, we are cleansed of original sin and made new creatures in Christ. We receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, who makes us members of the Body of Christ, the Church. As children of God, we are called to grow in holiness and to love God with our whole hearts.

The Old Testament offers many stories and examples of how children are to be treated. In the Ten Commandments, for example, God clearly states “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12). This shows that children are to respect their parents and elders. Additionally, the book of Proverbs offers many verses on the importance of raising children correctly, such as “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6). These verses show that the Old Testament offers clear guidance on how children are to be treated. 

The new testament has a lot to say about children. For example, in Matthew 18:2-5, Jesus says that children are important to God and that we should take care of them. In Mark 10:13-16, Jesus says that children are a blessing from God and that we should not hinder them from coming to Him. In Luke 18:15-17, Jesus says that we should receive children in His name and not cause them to sin.

Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward from him.

~Psalm 127:3

Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children.

~Proverbs 17:6

 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.

~John 16:21

He settles the childless woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

~Psalm 113:9

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

~3 John 1:4

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.

~1 Samuel 1:27

Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:

~Proverbs 31:28

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

~James 1:17

Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.
⁵ Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents in court.

~Psalm 127:4-5

The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

~Proverbs 23:24

 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

~Colossians 3:2

 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

~Acts 16:31

The Lord is good to all;
    he has compassion on all he has made.

~Psalm 145:9

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

~Proverbs 3:5

 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

~1 John 5:3

So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

~Genesis 1:27

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

~Psalm 150:6

And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”.

~Matthew 28:20

 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

~1 John 3:23

The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.

~Psalm 118:24

“Every word of God is flawless;
    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

~Proverbs 30:5

So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them

~Genesis 1:27

Yet you brought me out of the womb;
    you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

~Psalm 22:9

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew^[a] you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

~Jeremiah 1:5

Your hands made me and formed me;
    give me understanding to learn your commands.

~Psalm 119:73

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

~Psalm 139:14

Fathers,^[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

~Colossians 3:21

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

~Psalm 139:13

My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

~Psalm 139:15

“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,
    and have carried since you were born.

~Isaiah 46:3

Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.

~Psalm 139:16

 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

~Matthew 18:14

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
⁹ They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.

~Proverbs 1:8-9

Did not he who made me in the womb make them?
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

~Job 31:15

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³ “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

~Ephesians 6:1-3

“Now then, my children, listen to me;
    blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³ Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.

~Proverbs 8:32-33

 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

~Colossians 3:20

“Now then, my children, listen to me;
    blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³ Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.

~Proverbs 8:32-33

Come, my children, listen to me;
    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

~Psalm 34:11

Come, my children, listen to me;
    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

~Psalm 34:11

Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

~1 John 5:21

Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure and upright?

~Proverbs 20:11

 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, ¹⁵ and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

~2 Timothy 3:14-15

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

~1 Timothy 4:12

 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,

~1 Peter 5:5

 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

~Matthew 19:13-14

And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

~Matthew 18:5

 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” ¹⁶ And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

~Mark 10:15-16

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. ⁴⁸ 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.

~Luke 9:47-48

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

~Matthew 18:10

Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

~Proverbs 22:6

That you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.

~Exodus 10:2

 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

~Deuteronomy 6:6-7

Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.

~Proverbs 19:18

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

~Genesis 1:1

 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

~Jeremiah 29:11

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

~John 3:16

the king of Jerichoonethe king of Ai (near Bethel)one.

~Joshua 12:9

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

~Luke 6:31

And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

~Luke 2:52

 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

~Matthew 19:14

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

~Matthew 21:22

We love because he first loved us.

~1 John 4:19

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

~Ephesians 4:29

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

~Ephesians 4:32

 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

~Philippians 4:13

A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

~Proverbs 15:5

I have hidden your word in my heart
    that I might not sin against you.

~Psalms 119:11

Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.

~Romans 4:8

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in^[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.

~Romans 6:23

 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. ¹⁴ Do everything in love.

~1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

~Proverbs 3:5-6

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

~Galatians 5:22-23

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

~Matthew 22:37-39

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

~Deuteronomy 6:6-9

All your children will be taught by the Lord,
    and great will be their peace.

~Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be taught by the Lord,
    and great will be their peace.

~Isaiah 54:13

 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!

~Deuteronomy 5:29

 Fathers,^[a] do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

~Ephesians 6:4

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”² He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. ³ And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

~Matthew 18:1-3

My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.

~Psalm 139:15-16

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

~Psalm 139: 13-14

Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire.

~Proverbs 29:17

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

~Philippians 1:6

 Fathers,^[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

~Colossians 3:21

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew^[a] you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

~Jeremiah 1:5