9 Bible Verses about Childlikeness
Most Relevant Verses
Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.