The word in Scripture

Children in the Bible

The word children appears 1821 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Children are the beloved young whom Jesus welcomes and blesses. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What children means in the Bible

Children are the beloved young whom Jesus welcomes and blesses.

Where the word children appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word children appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:”Psalms 78:6

“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;”Psalms 103:17

“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;”Matthew 13:38

“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”Mark 10:14

“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?”John 4:12

“And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.”John 11:52

“Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”Romans 8:21

“Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.”Romans 9:7