Nave’s Topical Bible
Children
370 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- In answer to prayer
- To Abraham
- Isaac
- Leah
- Rachel
- Hannah
- Zacharias
- Treatment of, at birth
Circumcision of
See CIRCUMCISION
- Dedicated to God in infancy
- Samson
- Samuel
- Promised to the righteous
- Weaning of
Genesis 21:8; 1 Samuel 1:22; 1 Kings 11:20; Psalms 131:2; Isaiah 28:9
- Nurses for
Exodus 2:7-9; Acts 7:20; Ruth 4:16; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 11:2
- Taught to walk
- Tutors and governors for
- Bastard, excluded from the privileges of the congregation
- Early piety of
- Samuel
- Jeremiah
- John the Baptist
- Jesus
- Difference made between male and female, in Mosaic law
- Partiality of parents among
- Rebekah for Jacob
- Jacob for Joseph
- Partiality among, forbidden
- Love of, for parents
- Of Ruth
- Jesus
- Sacrificed
- Caused to pass through fire
- Sold for debt
- Sold in marriage, law concerning
- Instance of, Leah and Rachel
- Edict to murder
- Of Pharaoh
- Of Jehu
- Of Herod
- Eaten
See CANNIBALISM
- Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Genesis 6:18; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:7-8; Genesis 19:12; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 26:3-5,24; Leviticus 26:44-45; Isaiah 65:23; 1 Corinthians 7:14
- Bound by covenants of parents
- Involved in guilt of parents
Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7; Leviticus 20:5; Leviticus 26:39-42; Numbers 14:18,33; 1 Kings 21:29; Job 21:19; Psalms 37:28; Isaiah 14:20-21; Isaiah 65:6-7; Jeremiah 32:18; Daniel 6:24
- Not punished for parents' sake
- Death of, as a judgment upon parents
- Firstborn of Egypt
- Sons of Eli
- Sons of Saul
- David's child by Uriah's wife
- Miracles in behalf of
- Raised from the dead by Elijah
- By Elisha
- By Jesus
Matthew 9:18,24-26; Mark 5:35-42; Luke 7:13-15; Luke 8:49-56
- Healing of
Matthew 15:28; Matthew 17:18; Mark 7:29-30; Mark 9:23-27; Luke 8:42-56; Luke 9:38-42; John 4:46-54
- Character of, known by conduct
- Blessed by Jesus
- Future state of
- Minors
- Of ministers
- Alienated, Ishmael, to gratify Sarah
- Amusements of
Adopted
See ADOPTION
- THE GIFT OF GOD
Genesis 4:1,25; Genesis 17:16,20; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 29:32-35; Genesis 30:2,6,17-20,22-24; Genesis 33:5; Ruth 4:13; Job 1:21; Psalms 107:38,41; Psalms 113:9; Psalms 127:3
- GOD'S CARE OF
Exodus 22:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 14:29; Job 29:12; Psalms 10:14,18; Psalms 27:10; Psalms 68:5; Psalms 146:9; Jeremiah 49:11; Hosea 14:3; Malachi 3:5
- A BLESSING
Genesis 5:29; Genesis 30:1; Psalms 127:3-5; Proverbs 17:6; Isaiah 54:1; Jeremiah 20:15
- COMMANDMENTS TO
Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3,32; Deuteronomy 5:16; Psalms 119:9; Psalms 148:12-13; Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 3:1-3; Proverbs 4:1-4,10-11,20-22; Proverbs 5:1-2; Proverbs 6:20-25; Proverbs 8:32-33; Proverbs 23:22,26; Proverbs 27:11; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Lamentations 3:27; Matthew 15:4; Matthew 19:19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 2:6
See YOUNG MEN
- COUNSEL OF PARENTS TO
1 Kings 2:1-4; 1 Chronicles 22:6-13; 1 Chronicles 28:9-10,20
See PARENTS
- INSTRUCTION OF
Exodus 13:8-10,14-16; Deuteronomy 4:9-10; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Deuteronomy 11:19-20; Deuteronomy 31:12-13; Joshua 8:35; Psalms 34:11; Psalms 78:1-8; Proverbs 1:1,4; Proverbs 22:6; Isaiah 28:9-10; Joel 1:3; John 21:15; Acts 22:3
- FALSE INSTRUCTION OF
- PRAYER IN BEHALF OF
Genesis 17:18; 2 Samuel 12:16; 1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 29:19; Job 1:5
- PROMISES AND ASSURANCES TO
Proverbs 3:1-10; Proverbs 8:17,32; Proverbs 23:15-16,24-25; Proverbs 29:3; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 54:13; Matthew 18:4-5,10; Matthew 19:14-15; Mark 9:37; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 9:48; Luke 18:15-16; Acts 2:39; 1 John 2:12-13
See YOUNG MEN
- OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BLESSED OF GOD
Genesis 6:18; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:7-8; Genesis 19:12,15-16; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 26:3-4,24; Leviticus 26:44-45; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 12:28; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; Psalms 37:26; Psalms 102:28; Psalms 103:17-18; Psalms 112:2-3; Proverbs 3:33; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 20:7; Isaiah 44:3-5; Isaiah 65:23; Jeremiah 32:39; Acts 2:39; 1 Corinthians 7:14
- CORRECTION OF
Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:13-14; Proverbs 29:15,17; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21
- PUNISHMENT OF
Exodus 21:15,17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Deuteronomy 27:16; Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10
- GOOD
- The Lord is with
- Know the Scriptures
- Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God
- Partake of the promises of God
- Shall be blessed
- Show love to parents
- Obey parents
- Attend to parental teaching
- Take care of parents
- Make their parents' hearts glad
- Honor the aged
- Character of, illustrates conversion
- Illustrative of a teachable spirit
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Nehemiah 12:43; Psalms 8:2; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:5,20; Proverbs 28:7; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Malachi 1:6; Matthew 21:15-16
- INSTANCES OF
- Shem and Japheth
- Isaac
- Esau
- Judah
- Joseph
Genesis 45:9-13; Genesis 46:29; Genesis 47:11-12; Genesis 48:12; Genesis 50:1-13
- Moses
- Jephthah's daughter
- Samson
- Ruth
- Samuel
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
- Abijah
- Obadiah
- Jehoshaphat
- The Israelitish maid, captive in Syria
- Jewish children
- Josiah
- Job
- Elihu
- Jeremiah
- Children in the temple
- John
- Jesus
- Timothy
- WICKED
Genesis 8:21; Exodus 21:15,17; Numbers 32:14; Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Deuteronomy 27:16; Job 13:26; Job 19:18; Job 20:11; Job 30:1,12; Psalms 144:7-8,11; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:5,20; Proverbs 17:2,21,25; Proverbs 19:13,26; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:22; Proverbs 28:7,24; Proverbs 30:11,17; Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; Isaiah 3:5; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 7:17-18; Jeremiah 32:30; Ezekiel 22:7; Micah 7:6; Mark 7:10; Mark 13:12; Romans 1:30; 2 Timothy 3:2
- WICKED, INSTANCES OF
- Canaan
- Lot's daughters
- Ishmael
- Eli's sons
- Samuel's sons
- Absalom
- Adonijah
- Abijam
- Ahaziah
- Children at Beth-el
- Samaritans' descendants
- Adrammelech and Sharezer
- Amon
- Sennacherib's sons
- WICKED, INSTANCES OF
- WORSHIP, ATTEND DIVINE
Joshua 8:35; 2 Chronicles 20:13; 2 Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 8:21; Nehemiah 8:2-3; Nehemiah 12:43; Matthew 21:15; Luke 2:46
- SYMBOLICAL OF THE REGENERATED
- FIGURATIVE
Bible verses about “Children”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 15:2And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
- Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Genesis 15:4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
- Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 21:1And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 21:2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
- Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 30:17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
- Genesis 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- Genesis 30:19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
- Genesis 30:20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
- Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 30:23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
- Genesis 30:24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.
- 1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
- 1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
- 1 Samuel 1:12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
- 1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
- 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- 1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 1:16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
- 1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
- 1 Samuel 1:18And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
- 1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
- 1 Samuel 1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
- Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
- Ezekiel 16:5None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
- Ezekiel 16:6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
- Luke 2:7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- Judges 13:5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 13:7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
- 1 Samuel 1:24And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
- 1 Samuel 1:25And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
- 1 Samuel 1:26And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- 1 Samuel 1:28Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.