100 Bible Verses about Newborn Baby

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 7,280 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 5,729 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Psalm 127:3-5 ESV / 4,767 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

James 1:17 ESV / 4,554 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 4,397 helpful votes

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 4,257 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV / 4,088 helpful votes

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

1 Samuel 1:27-28 ESV / 3,477 helpful votes

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

Psalm 8:2 ESV / 3,433 helpful votes

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 3,301 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 3,167 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 3,152 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

John 16:21 ESV / 3,062 helpful votes

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Matthew 18:10 ESV / 3,001 helpful votes

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 2,857 helpful votes

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Mark 9:36-37 ESV / 2,792 helpful votes

And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2,776 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Samuel 1:27 ESV / 2,624 helpful votes

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.

Luke 2:40 ESV / 2,475 helpful votes

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

John 3:16 ESV / 2,220 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 1:44 ESV / 2,072 helpful votes

For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Proverbs 29:17 ESV / 1,972 helpful votes

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 1,908 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8-9 ESV / 1,876 helpful votes

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ESV / 1,872 helpful votes

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Luke 2:23 ESV / 1,810 helpful votes

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)

Isaiah 44:24 ESV / 1,802 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 1,799 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

Proverbs 17:6 ESV / 1,716 helpful votes

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Galatians 1:15 ESV / 1,698 helpful votes

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

Mark 10:16 ESV / 1,634 helpful votes

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1,577 helpful votes

Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.

Isaiah 54:13 ESV / 1,516 helpful votes

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 1,473 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Numbers 6:24 ESV / 1,450 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you;

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 1,408 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

Proverbs 23:22-24 ESV / 1,407 helpful votes

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

Mark 10:14 ESV / 1,367 helpful votes

But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1,325 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 1,320 helpful votes

Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 1,317 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Luke 1:14 ESV / 1,265 helpful votes

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Mark 10:15-16 ESV / 1,225 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 1,160 helpful votes

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Luke 18:15-17 ESV / 1,133 helpful votes

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 1,097 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Psalm 113:9 ESV / 1,089 helpful votes

He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 1,084 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:53 ESV / 1,075 helpful votes

And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

Psalm 127:1-5 ESV / 1,070 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 13:16 ESV / 1,061 helpful votes

Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.

2 Kings 2:23-24 ESV / 1,046 helpful votes

He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Deuteronomy 11:19 ESV / 1,026 helpful votes

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Matthew 18:12-14 ESV / 1,019 helpful votes

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 1,019 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 1,009 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 986 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Isaiah 49:15 ESV / 978 helpful votes

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

3 John 1:4 ESV / 966 helpful votes

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Hebrews 11:23 ESV / 961 helpful votes

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 954 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Proverbs 6:20 ESV / 924 helpful votes

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Psalm 115:14 ESV / 908 helpful votes

May the Lord give you increase, you and your children!

Exodus 2:6 ESV / 880 helpful votes

When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children.”

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 875 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Galatians 3:26 ESV / 868 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 859 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 850 helpful votes

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Psalm 137:9 ESV / 842 helpful votes

Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

Mark 10:13-16 ESV / 840 helpful votes

And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

1 Samuel 15:3 ESV / 832 helpful votes

Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Ephesians 6:1-4 ESV / 814 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 785 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Matthew 11:25 ESV / 759 helpful votes

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV / 749 helpful votes

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 733 helpful votes

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Job 31:15 ESV / 732 helpful votes

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Lamentations 2:20 ESV / 728 helpful votes

Look, O Lord, and see! With whom have you dealt thus? Should women eat the fruit of their womb, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Luke 1:31 ESV / 705 helpful votes

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 703 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 692 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 673 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV / 657 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 644 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

2 Kings 8:12 ESV / 636 helpful votes

And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.”

Ezekiel 9:6 ESV / 611 helpful votes

Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

2 Kings 15:16 ESV / 600 helpful votes

At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, and he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 572 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 571 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Luke 18:17 ESV / 559 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 548 helpful votes

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 467 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Psalm 127:4 ESV / 463 helpful votes

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 459 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Luke 1:41-42 ESV / 450 helpful votes

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV / 441 helpful votes

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Romans 8:16 ESV / 421 helpful votes

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Psalm 46:5 ESV / 414 helpful votes

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

Matthew 18:3 ESV / 404 helpful votes

And said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV / 402 helpful votes

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

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