Quotes About Children

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

He had seven sons and three daughters,

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

It is said that God lays up oneís punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.