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Want to know what the Bible says about Adoption? Here are 149 Bible verses about Adoption from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 14:26 NIV
Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress,
    and for their children it will be a refuge.
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Matthew 12:50 NIV
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Luke 11:27-28 NIV
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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Psalm 68:5 NIV
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
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Acts 15:17 NIV
that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’
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Galatians 4:6 NIV
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
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Isaiah 43:6 NIV
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters from the ends of the earth
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1 Chronicles 22:10 NIV
He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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Isaiah 40:31 NIV
but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.
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Jeremiah 31:20 NIV
Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion for him,”
declares the Lord.
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