149 Bible Verses about Adoption
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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Isaiah 49:22-25 NIV
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed. ”
24 Can plunder be taken from warriors,
or captives be rescued from the fierce ?
or captives be rescued from the fierce ?
25 But this is what the Lord says:
“Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;
I will contend with those who contend with you,
and your children I will save.
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;
I will contend with those who contend with you,
and your children I will save.
14
Joel 3:16 NIV
The Lord will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem;
the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
and thunder from Jerusalem;
the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
14
Romans 11:17 NIV
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
14
Genesis 48:5 NIV
“Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
14
Acts 17:28 NIV
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
14
Hebrews 11:23 NIV
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
14
Lamentations 2:20 NIV
“Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have cared for?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have cared for?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
14
Matthew 5:9 NIV
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
for they will be called children of God.
14
Job 22:9 NIV
And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
13
John 8:35 NIV
Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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