Children
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Children’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 169–192 of 563 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
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Isaiah 54:1 OT
“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
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Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
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Exodus 20:12 OT
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
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“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
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“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Psalms 119:9 OT
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
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both young men and maidens; old men and children:
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let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
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Proverbs 1:8 OT
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
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Proverbs 1:9 OT
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
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My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace. Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of…
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Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law. For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. He taught me, and said to…
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Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
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I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
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My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
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Proverbs 5:1 OT
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
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Proverbs 5:2 OT
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
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My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it…
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“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
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Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
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Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
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My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.