24 Bible Verses about Loving Children

My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.

"Any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and any one who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his Messenger."

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened.

By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.

Jesus, however, said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs."

By this we know that we love God's Children--when we love God and carry out his commands.

For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.

"I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Therefore imitate God, as his dear children,

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those that ask him!

Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.

To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.

Jesus called a little child to him, and placed it in the middle of them, and then said:

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

For you all are 'Sons of Light' and 'Sons of the Day.' We have nothing to do with night, or darkness.

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to hear from time to time that the lives of my Children are guided by the Truth.

And fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up with Christian discipline and instruction.

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

So Jesus turned and said to them: "Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.