18 Bible Verses about Dealing With Young People

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the furniture before them.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou didst not follow young men, whether poor or rich.

Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said to them,

And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me, to sin, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me, to fall into sin, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

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

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.