Gods Children

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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.”

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.

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.

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

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

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

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

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 →

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

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

“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.”

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

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;

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.

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

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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!”

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 →

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

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

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

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

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.”

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

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

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

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

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 →

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; — read the full passage →

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, — read the full passage →

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

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

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. — read the full passage →

I said to their children in the wilderness, Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

“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 →

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious: — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

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 →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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

when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

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.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. — read the full passage →