1,820 verses contain “Children” (in the KJV: 1,737, in the BSB: 404) — showing 1,201–1,300
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Come, ye
children,
hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Come,
children,
listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their
children begging for bread.
He is ever
merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
They are ever generous and quick to
lend, and their
children are a blessing.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
You are the most handsome of men; grace has
anointed your lips, since God has blessed you
forever.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Come and see the works of God; how
awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an
alien unto my mother’s
children.
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the
children of the
needy, and shall break in pieces the
oppressor.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should
offend against the generation of thy
children.
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have
betrayed Your
children.
We will not hide them from their
children,
shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
Assur also is joined with them: they have
holpen the
children of Lot.
Selah.
Even Assyria has joined them,
lending strength to the sons of Lot.
Selah If his
children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If his sons
forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your
splendor to their
children.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
But the mercy of the LORD is from
everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto
children’s
children;
But from
everlasting to
everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their
children’s
children—
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let his
children be continually vagabonds, and
beg: let them seek their bread also out of their
desolate places.
May his
children wander as beggars, seeking
sustenance far from their ruined homes.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her
children.
Hallelujah!
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
Lo,
children are an
heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the
womb is his reward.
Children are indeed a
heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the
womb is His reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Like arrows in the hand of a
warrior, so are
children born in one’s youth.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Yea, thou shalt see thy
children’s
children, and peace upon Israel.
that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
If thy
children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their
children shall also sit upon thy throne for
evermore.
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne
forever and ever.”
Remember, O LORD, the
children of
Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said,
Rase it,
rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Remember, O LORD, the sons of
Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “
tear it down to its foundations!”
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Reach down from on high; set me free and
rescue me from the deep waters, from the
grasp of foreigners,
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange
children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
young men and maidens, old and young together.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him.
Hallelujah!
Let Israel
rejoice in him that made him: let the
children of
Zion be joyful in their King.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
So now, my sons,
listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye
children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now, my sons,
listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now therefore
hearken unto me, O ye
children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Now therefore, my sons,
listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his
children’s
children: and the wealth of the
sinner is laid up for the just.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his
children’s
children, but the
sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the
children of men?
Sheol and
Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
The just man walketh in his
integrity: his
children are blessed after him.
The righteous man walks with
integrity; blessed are his
children after him.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
If a man
beget an hundred
children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
A man may father a hundred
children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a
stillborn child is better off than he.
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s
children were
angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own
vineyard have I not kept.
Do not
stare because I am dark, for the sun has
gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were
angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own
vineyard I have neglected.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have
nourished and brought up
children, and they have rebelled against me.
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised
children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Ah sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,
children that are corrupters: they have
forsaken the LORD, they have
provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Alas, O sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a
brood of evildoers,
children of
depravity! They have
forsaken the LORD; they have
despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Therefore thou hast
forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be
replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the
children of strangers.
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
As for my people,
children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to
err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Youths
oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
Behold, I and the
children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount
Zion.
Here am I, and the
children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount
Zion.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall
spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon
Edom and Moab; and the
children of
Ammon shall obey them.
They will
swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will
plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on
Edom and Moab, and the
Ammonites will be subject to them.
Their
children also shall be
dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be
spoiled, and their wives
ravished.
Their infants will be
dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be
looted, and their wives will be
ravished.
Their bows also shall
dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no
pity on the fruit of the
womb; their eye shall not
spare children.
Their bows will
dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the
womb; they will not look with
pity on the
children.
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the
iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the
remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the
children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The
remnant of
Aram will be like the
splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
In that day shall his strong cities be as a
forsaken bough, and an
uppermost branch, which they left because of the
children of Israel: and there shall be
desolation.
In that day their strong cities will be like
forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter
desolation.
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of
Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
The remaining archers, the warriors of
Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Be thou
ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I
travail not, nor bring forth
children, neither do I
nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Be
ashamed, O
Sidon, the
stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
In that day the LORD will
thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
But when he
seeth his
children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall
sanctify my name, and
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
For when he sees his
children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in
awe of the God of Israel.
Woe to the
rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
“
Woe to the
rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will,
heaping up sin upon sin.
That this is a
rebellious people, lying
children,
children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
These are
rebellious people,
deceitful children,
children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Return to the One against whom you have so
blatantly rebelled, O
children of Israel.
And they said unto him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and of
blasphemy: for the
children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
to tell him, “This is what
Hezekiah says:
Today is a day of distress,
rebuke, and disgrace; for
children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and
Haran, and Rezeph, and the
children of
Eden which were in Telassar?
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers
rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan,
Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of
Eden in Telassar?
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
The living, only the living, can
thank You, as I do
today; fathers will tell their
children about Your faithfulness.
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of
children:
So now hear this, O lover of
luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of
children.’
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of
children, and
widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy
sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of
children, and
widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many
sorceries and the
potency of your spells.
Thy
children shall make
haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Your builders
hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
Yet the
children of your
bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath
begotten me these, seeing I have lost my
children, and am
desolate, a
captive, and removing to and
fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has
begotten these for me? I was
bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
But thus saith the LORD, Even the
captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy
children.
Sing, O barren, thou that
didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry
aloud, thou that
didst not
travail with child: for more are the
children of the
desolate than the
children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
“
Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no
children; break forth in song and cry
aloud, you who have never
travailed; because more are the
children of the
desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Enflaming
yourselves with idols under every green tree,
slaying the
children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
who burn with
lust among the oaks, under every
luxuriant tree, who slaughter your
children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of
Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath
glorified thee.
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of
Tarshish in the lead, to bring your
children from
afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has
glorified you.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be
disloyal.” So He became their
Savior.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
They will not labor in vain or bear
children doomed to
disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as
Zion travailed, she brought forth her
children.
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as
Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her
children.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in
chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the
children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and
chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
Wherefore I will yet
plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your
children’s
children will I
plead.
Therefore, I will
contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your
children’s
children.
Also the
children of
Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
The men of
Memphis and Tahpanhes have
shaved the crown of your head.
In vain have I
smitten your
children; they received no correction: your own sword hath
devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has
devoured your prophets like a
voracious lion.”