When your child is born, you may choose to have them baptized to mark the beginning of their Christian journey. After your child’s baptism, it is your responsibility to remind them of their relationship with God as they grow up. Teaching your child good behaviors can be a learning process especially for new parents.
In the Bible, God tells us that children are a blessing and a gift! Their spirits are filled with innocence, joy, and laughter. Jesus actually tells us to be like children and to come to Him full of faith and trust. Learn more about what the Bible says about children in this collection of scripture quotes
Children in the Bible
(Genesis 33:5)
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.
(Matthew 21:15-16)
But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant. “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “Have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?
(Mark 10:16)
And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
(Matthew 18:10)
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
(Proverbs 22:6)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Scripture about children growing up
(Proverbs 1:8-9 )
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
(Proverbs 13:1 )
A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
(Proverbs 29:17 )
Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.
(Colossians 3:20 )
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
(Ephesians 6:1-4 )
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.’
Children of God
(Romans 8:16)
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
(Romans 8:17)
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.
(Galatians 3:26)
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.
(Ephesians 5:8)
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.
(Ephesians 6:4)
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
