9 Bible Verses about Babies, Figurative Use

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, because you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth??ell then, you who are teaching others, do you ever teach yourself?

Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;

As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.

For every one who feeds on milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness. He is still an infant.

As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ. I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to bear it.

they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"

At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.

So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;