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Want to know what the Bible says about Children? Here are 693 Bible verses about Children 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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Psalm 78:5-7 NIV
5 He decreed statutes for Jacob
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,
    and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget his deeds
    but would keep his commands.
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James 2:13 NIV
because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Psalm 139:14 NIV
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
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Hebrews 12:5 NIV
And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
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1 Timothy 2:15 NIV
But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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1 John 3:1-2 NIV
3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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Romans 8:14-17 NIV
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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Psalm 6:8 NIV
Away from me, all you who do evil,
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
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Philippians 4:4 NIV
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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