8 Bible Verses about Childhood

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Childhood » Marks of » Petty complaints

Matthew 11:17

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Childhood » Love of amusement

Childhood » Marks of » Foolishness

Childhood » Marks of » Fickleness

Childhood » Marks of » Credulity

Proverbs 14:15

The naive believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.

Childhood » Marks of » Need of rulers

Galatians 4:2

but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.

Childhood » Marks of » Dependence

Numbers 11:12

Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

Childhood » Marks of » Weak digestion

Childhood » Marks of » Ignorance

Hebrews 5:12

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Symbols and similitudes » Childhood

Mark 10:14-15

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

Luke 18:16-17

But Jesus called for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

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