20 Bible Verses about Like Children

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.