43 Bible Verses about Loving Children

My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth:

"Whosoever receive any such a child in my name, receiveth me:

Behold what love the father hath showed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. For this cause the world knoweth you not; because it knoweth not him.

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.

And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.

But Jesus said unto them, "Suffer the children, and forbid them not to come to me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

But the merciful goodness of the LORD endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him, and his righteousness upon their children's children;

In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

For ye are all the sons of God, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

and not for the people only: but that he should gather together in one the children of God which were scattered abroad.

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

He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me.

I shall have no pity also upon her children, for they be the children of fornication.

Be ye followers of God as dear children,

"If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

And this woman's child died in a night, for she had overlaid it.

If ye then, which are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask of him?

Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. And all that love are born of God, and knoweth God.

He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.

The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth,

Jesus called a child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

Doth a wife forget the child of her womb, and the son who she hath born? And though she do forget, yet will not I forget thee.

All that believe that Jesus is Christ, are born of God. And all that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was begotten of him.

And for this lad I prayed, and the LORD hath given me my desire which I asked of him:

Thy children shall all be taught of God, and I will give them plenteousness of peace.

When Israel was young, I loved him: and called my son out of the land of Egypt.

Behold now, the third time, I am ready to come unto you, and yet will I not be grievous unto you. For I seek not yours, but you. Also the children ought not to lay up for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.

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

For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

Then said the LORD to me, "Go yet thy way and vow an adulterous woman, whom thy neighbour loveth as the LORD doth the children of Israel: howbeit, they have respect to strange gods, and love the wine cans."

For like as a child is comforted of his mother, so shall I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.

If a man have two wives, one loved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the loved and also the hated;

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

The seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.

I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.

And ye fathers, move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and information of the Lord.

The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall arise against their fathers, and mothers, and shall put them to death,

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

He shall turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, that I come not and smite the earth with cursing."

And then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give the one half to the one, and the other to the other."

But Jesus turned back unto them, and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me: but weep for yourselves, and for your children.