Quotes about Children

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.

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

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.”

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,

And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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,