24 Bible Verses about Good Children

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Matthew 15:26

And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.

Jeremiah 32:39

And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their sons after them.

Mark 7:27

And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.

Mark 10:29

And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good-news,

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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Judges 13:3

And the agent of LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou are barren, and do not bear, but thou shall conceive, and bear a son.

Luke 1:13

But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.

Genesis 16:11

And the agent of LORD said to her, Behold, thou are with child, and shall bear a son, and thou shall call his name Ishmael, because LORD has heard thy affliction.

Genesis 18:10

And he said, I will certainly return to thee when the season comes round, and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried against the altar by the word of LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says LORD: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that b

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2 Chronicles 21:3

And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.

Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, First sell me thy birthright.

Genesis 43:33

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. And the men marveled one with another.

Deuteronomy 21:16

then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the one regarded inferior, who is the first-born.

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2 Kings 12:2

And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of LORD all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Kings 18:3

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

2 Kings 22:2

And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 34:3

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. And in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven im

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Genesis 48:5

And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine, Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, Behold, thou have given no seed to me. And, lo, a man born in my house is my heir.

Exodus 2:10

And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Esther 2:7

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful. And when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

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Luke 2:49

And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?

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Judges 11:36

And she said to him, My father, thou have opened thy mouth to LORD. Do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth, inasmuch as LORD has taken vengeance for thee on thine enemies, even on the sons of Ammon.

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Genesis 22:7

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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Good Children » Shall be blessed

Proverbs 3:1-4

My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments. For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee. Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart, read more.
so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Ephesians 6:2-3

Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise, so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.

Good Children » Make their parents' hearts glad

Good Children » Take care of parents

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Genesis 45:9

Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, delay not.

Good Children » Obey parents

Genesis 47:30

but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as thou have said.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.

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1 Samuel 17:20

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made his chariot ready, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen. And he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Genesis 45:9

Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, delay not.

Good Children » Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God

Good Children » Know the scriptures

Good Children » Observe the law of God

Good Children » Attend to parental teaching

Good Children » Show love to parents

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made his chariot ready, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen. And he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Good Children » The lord is with

Good Children » Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven

Good Children » Adduced as a motive for submission to God

Good Children » Illustrative of a teachable spirit

Good Children » Honor the aged

Job 32:6-7

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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