7 Bible Verses about Childlikeness

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.

Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children. And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,

Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.