11 Bible Verses about Infants

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Ruth 4:17

The neighbor women named him, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse -- David's father!

Luke 1:76-79

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins. Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on highread more.
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Luke 2:21

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

1 Samuel 1:24

Once she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bulls, an ephah of flour, and a container of wine. She brought him to the Lord's house at Shiloh, even though he was young.

Exodus 1:16

"When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live."

Matthew 2:16-18

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone."

Numbers 31:17

Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.

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