What Does the Bible Say About Children?

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What the Bible Says About Children Being a Blessing

There are many blessings of children in the Bible as they have significance in God's plan. To help you connect with God’s heart for children, here are some Bible verses that show how children are gifts to all of us:

Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." — Matthew 19:13-14, NIV
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. — Psalm 127:3, NIV
Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. — Proverbs 17:6, NIV
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." — Matthew 18:1-3, NIV

The Bible is clear that children are to be looked upon as a blessing, not an inconvenience. They are a reward from God!

Bible Verses for the Protection of Children

God's Word also contains several Bible verses on the importance of protecting children. Children are valuable to Jesus, and he has committed them into our arms for protection.

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. — Matthew 18:10, NIV
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. — James 1:27, NIV
Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. — Psalm 82:3-4, NIV
If anyone causes one of these little ones — those who believe in me — to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. — Matthew 18:6, NIV

These biblical truths apply for the children in our lives as well as those living in vulnerable conditions around the world. It's our responsibility, as Christ followers, to care for and protect those who can't care for or protect themselves.

Bible Verses About Teaching Children

God's Word instructs us to place high value on teaching children to know and love Jesus. After all, the gospel changes everything.

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. — Deuteronomy 6:6-7, NIV
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. — Proverbs 22:6, NIV
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace. — Isaiah 54:13, NIV
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. — 3 John 1:4

Bible Verses About a Mother's Love for Her Child

A mother's love is a beautiful thing to behold. God's Word often compares a mother's love for her child to God's love for his people. For example, Isaiah 66:13 (NIV) reads, "As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."

In Matthew 23:37 (NIV), God's care for his people is compared to a mother bird's care for her chicks: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing."

The Scriptures don't stop there. Other verses show just how deep and comforting a mother's love truly is.

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. — John 16:21, NIV
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." — Proverbs 31:25-29, NIV

All Children Have Immeasurable Worth

Matthew 18:3-4 tells us that children are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. All of us, including our children, are made in God's image and have immeasurable worth. It doesn't matter our age — we're so deeply loved.

As followers of Jesus, we must learn to see every human being, including children, as God sees them. Do we see the child living in poverty and the millionaire businessman as God sees them? Or do we see one as more valuable than the other?

God sent Jesus for both the young and the old, the rich and the poor. Today, pray that God will open your eyes to see others as he sees them.