24 Bible Verses about Loving Children

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

"Whoever receives one of these little children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they will become discouraged.

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

For you are all sons of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

and not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

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

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

He called to him a little child, and put him in the midst of them,

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.

Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!'