Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.Jeremiah 16:2 · Bible · Jeremiah
Bible on Children
4,506 passages in the Bible address children, in the King James Version translation.
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.Hosea 1:3 · Bible · Hosea
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.1 Corinthians 14:20 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.Exodus 28:1 · Bible · Exodus
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.Joshua 13:31 · Bible · Joshua
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.2 Kings 12:21 · Bible · 2 Kings
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Genesis 37:35 · Bible · Genesis
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.Leviticus 22:13 · Bible · Leviticus
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.Isaiah 54:1 · Bible · Isaiah
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.Jeremiah 7:31 · Bible · Jeremiah
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:26 · Bible · Genesis
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:30 · Bible · Genesis
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.Genesis 8:16 · Bible · Genesis
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.Genesis 34:9 · Bible · Genesis
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.Leviticus 26:29 · Bible · Leviticus
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.Numbers 10:15 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.Numbers 10:16 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.Numbers 10:19 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Numbers 10:20 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.Numbers 10:23 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.Numbers 10:24 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.Numbers 10:26 · Bible · Numbers
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.Numbers 10:27 · Bible · Numbers
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.Deuteronomy 23:17 · Bible · Deuteronomy
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.Deuteronomy 28:41 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Joshua 15:14 · Bible · Joshua
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.1 Samuel 22:20 · Bible · 1 Samuel
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;2 Samuel 8:16 · Bible · 2 Samuel
And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.1 Chronicles 2:4 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.1 Chronicles 2:34 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.1 Chronicles 26:19 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:2 Chronicles 29:13 · Bible · 2 Chronicles
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.2 Chronicles 29:14 · Bible · 2 Chronicles
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.Ezra 8:9 · Bible · Ezra
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.Ezra 8:10 · Bible · Ezra
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.Ezra 8:11 · Bible · Ezra
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.Nehemiah 7:11 · Bible · Nehemiah
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:Isaiah 30:9 · Bible · Isaiah
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.Jeremiah 2:9 · Bible · Jeremiah
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.Matthew 22:42 · Bible · Matthew
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.Acts 7:21 · Bible · Acts
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;Hebrews 11:24 · Bible · Hebrews
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.Exodus 34:7 · Bible · Exodus
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.Deuteronomy 6:2 · Bible · Deuteronomy
Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,Ezekiel 24:25 · Bible · Ezekiel
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.Exodus 10:2 · Bible · Exodus
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;Deuteronomy 4:9 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.2 Kings 4:34 · Bible · 2 Kings
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.1 Chronicles 6:65 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.Exodus 21:9 · Bible · Exodus
Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.Numbers 2:7 · Bible · Numbers
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.1 Samuel 25:44 · Bible · 1 Samuel
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:1 Kings 4:11 · Bible · 1 Kings
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.1 Chronicles 2:50 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;1 Chronicles 18:16 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.1 Chronicles 23:10 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.Ezra 8:12 · Bible · Ezra
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.Job 27:14 · Bible · Job
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.Proverbs 29:21 · Bible · Proverbs
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.Isaiah 54:13 · Bible · Isaiah
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