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Child

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Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Psalms 127:3–5

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Psalms 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Matthew 18:4

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

Matthew 19:14

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.”

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

Matthew 18:10

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Deuteronomy 6:6–7

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1–4

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:14

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Mark 9:42

Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

Proverbs 1:8–9

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Mark 9:36–37

He took a little child, and set him in their midst. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, — read the full passage →

Psalms 8:2

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

1 Timothy 5:8

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.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Colossians 3:20

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

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:15–16

“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! — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Acts 16:31

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

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Psalms 139:13–16

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 3:2–3

Beloved, now we are children of God, and 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. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

1 Peter 2:2–3

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:11

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 exercised thereby.

2 Timothy 3:14–15

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1–3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:1

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Galatians 3:26–27

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Romans 8:15

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!”

Mark 10:13–16

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

Matthew 21:15–16

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant, — read the full passage →

Matthew 18:6

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 13:24

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Psalms 113:9

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Deuteronomy 5:29

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!

Deuteronomy 4:40

You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, 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, forever.

Romans 8:1–16:27

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:1–14:23

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

John 16:21

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

John 3:16

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

John 3:2–3

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.” — read the full passage →

John 1:1–4:54

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Matthew 18:2–6

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

Job 3:16

or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them your children, talking 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.

Deuteronomy 6:7

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.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

John 3:2

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

Jeremiah 1:4–5

Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Genesis 33:5

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Hebrews 12:9–11

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? — read the full passage →

John 1:2

The same was in the beginning with God.

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Matthew 19:13–15

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:1–9:38

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Proverbs 3:5–6

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Psalms 128:3

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

Exodus 21:22–25

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:1–3

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:3

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 1:1–26

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:4

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

2 Timothy 1:5

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Galatians 3:4

Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

Romans 8:3

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

Acts 16:31–32

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” — read the full passage →

John 5:21–22

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. — read the full passage →

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