8 Bible Verses about Childhood

and say, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned unto you, and ye have not sorrowed.

And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof.

Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.

That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.

An ignorant body believeth all things; but whoso hath understanding, looketh well to his goings.

but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed of the father.

Have I conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?'

For every man that is fed with milk is inexpert in the word of righteousness: For he is but a babe.

For when as concerning the time, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you the first principles of the word of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat:

and said, "Verily, I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

When Jesus saw that, he was displeased, and said to them, "Suffer the children to come unto me and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, he shall not enter therein."

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, "Suffer children to come unto me, and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth not the kingdom of God, as a child: he shall not enter therein."