Bible Verses About Children

Some of the most famous scripture passages are bible verses about children. There are many verses that talk about God's children. But these children bible verses are about literal kids.

Parent's Responsibility Toward Their Children

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. (NIV)

Deuteronomy 6:6-7
These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. (NET)

Deuteronomy 11:18-19
Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead. Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. (NET)

Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do.

Deuteronomy 32:46
He said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law. (NET)

Nehemiah 8:3
So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law. (NET)

Job 1:5
When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice. (NET)

Pastor's Note: These bible verses about children talk about how Job interceded for his children. Whenever his kids had a party he would pray for them, asking God to forgive them for any inadvertent sins they may have committed. This is a great example for parents today. No, don't offer animal sacrifices for your children. Pray for your kids, intercede for them.

Psalm 34:11
Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord. (NET)

Psalm 78:5-6
He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. (NET)

Joel 1:3
Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation. (NET)

Matthew 7:11
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (NET)

1 Corinthians 12:14
For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. (NET)

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (NET)

Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened. (NET)

1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. (NET)

Pastor's Note: This bible verse about children is one of the character qualities required for a person who serves as church Elder.

1 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households. (NET)

Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion. (NET)

Titus 2:4
In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children... (NET)

God's Heart for Children

Deuteronomy 31:12-13
Gather the people – men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages – so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law. Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.” (NET)

Pastor's Note: These bible verses about children teach that God didn't just give the Promised Land to Israel for its own sake. They were to invite people of other nations into the Kingdom of God. This passage shows that God is particularly interested in the children. Where has God placed you? Has he placed you there so that the children around you "will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord?"

Psalm 72:4
He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor. (NET)

Jeremiah 7:6
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. (NET)

Jeremiah 22:3
The Lord says, “Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land. (NET)

Pastor's Note: The three bible verses about children quoted just above are examples of God's passion to protect the helpless. One of the primary characteristics of his people should be our tireless and fearless protection of those who cannot protect themselves.

Matthew 18:3
I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! (NET)

Matthew 19:13-14
Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (NET)

Matthew 21:15-16
But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”

Mark 9:37
Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me. (NET)

Mark 10:13-16
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. (NIV)

Luke 1:17
And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous–to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (NIV)

Luke 11:13
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! (NET)

Luke 14:26
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. (NET)

Pastor's Note: This bible verse about children seems harsh. But Jesus is teaching that a true disciple will love him more than anything else in the world.

Luke 18:16
But Jesus called for the children, saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. (NET)

Acts 2:39
For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself. (NET)

Pastor's Note: As we see in other passages such as Acts 16:31, this bible verse about children teaches that God's grace is not limited to adults.

Children Are A Blessing

Job 42:16
After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. (NET)

Pastor's Note: This bible verse about children teaches that it is a blessing to live to an old age and watch your children and grandchildren grow up.

Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. (NET)

Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents. (NET)

Children's Responsibility to Their Parents

Proverbs 4:1
Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. (NET)

Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. (NET)

Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (NIV)

1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God. (NET)

Pastor's Note: This bible verse about children is located in a context where Paul is telling churches to take care of the widows in their congregation. Paul is teaching that the church should help only when the widow has no children to help her.

Bible Verses About Children - Conclusion

up a number of passages from Proverbs and elsewhere. But these children bible verses are certainly enough to get a

study started. If you are looking for more verses on family rather than just bible verses about children, try these verses about marriage.

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