Bible Verses about “taking care of children”

“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.”

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

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

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

“As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.”

“Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.”

“"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.”

“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.”

“But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.”

“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.”

“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”

“Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:”

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."”

“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."”

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

“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.”

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

“From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.”

“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.”

“neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.”

“Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.”

“Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.”

“Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;”

“Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

“But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.”

“Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"”

“Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.”

“Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.”

“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.”

“These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;”

“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.”

“"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!”

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,”

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

“When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.”

“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.”

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

“Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them,”

“In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"”

“Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”

“He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.”

“Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."”

“They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.”

“"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'”

“"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?”

“So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."”

“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.”

“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.”

“Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.”

“When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.”