8 Bible Verses about Childhood

"'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.

Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,' to the land that you swore to give their fathers?

for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

But Jesus called them to him, saying, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."