Quotes About Childhood

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

For before the boy knows how to cry ëFatherí or ëMother,í the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

The infant will play by the cobraís den, and the toddler will reach into the viperís nest.

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus asked the boyís father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

When Jesusí parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his fatherís house.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.