27 Bible Verses about Good Children

And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

The LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

And the man cried against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD: 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'"

that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, together with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now."

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.

then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn,

And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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

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

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and the metal images.

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

And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir."

When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Now the young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.

And she said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."

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

And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. read more.
So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place." He answered, "I will do as you have said."

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

And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.

Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

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

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'

For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."