Bible Verses About Babies

Bible Verses About Babies remind us of the precious gift of life and the beauty of God’s creation from the very beginning. Scripture highlights the value of children, the joy they bring, and the responsibility we have to nurture and protect them.

In this post, we’ll explore verses that emphasize the significance of babies in God’s plan and the love He has for each child. Whether you’re celebrating the arrival of a new baby or seeking to understand the biblical view of children, these passages will inspire gratitude, awe, and a deeper appreciation for the life God has entrusted to us. Let’s dive into His Word and reflect on the blessing of babies.

Bible Verses About Babies

Genesis 1:28 – “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.'”

Psalm 127:3 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”

Psalm 139:13 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

Matthew 18:10 – “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”

Luke 1:41 – “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 18:15-17 – “People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'”

Genesis 25:21-22 – “Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ So she went to inquire of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27-28 – “‘I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.’ And he worshiped the Lord there.”

Job 3:16 – “Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?”

Matthew 19:14 – “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'”

Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!”

Luke 2:12 – “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Exodus 1:17 – “The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.”

Ecclesiastes 11:5 – “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.”

Numbers 3:15 – “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”

Genesis 17:12 – “For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.”

Matthew 2:16 – “When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.”

1 Samuel 1:22 – “But Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, ‘After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.'”

Isaiah 11:6 – “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.”

Psalm 22:9 – “Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.”

Mark 10:16 – “And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.”

Luke 1:59 – “On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,”

Isaiah 40:11 – “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.”

Genesis 21:7 – “And she added, ‘Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'”

Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Matthew 21:16 – “Do you hear what these children are saying?’ they asked him. ‘Yes,’ replied Jesus, ‘have you never read, ‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”

Luke 1:41 – “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Deuteronomy 24:16 – “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”

Luke 1:57 – “When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.”

Numbers 3:39 – “All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting”

Genesis 1:27-28 – “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.'”

Psalm 127:4-5 – “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.”

Matthew 2:11 – “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.”

Genesis 17:21 – “But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”

John 16:21 – “A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.”

Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!”

Luke 18:15-17 – “People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'”

Genesis 25:22-23 – “The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.'”

1 Samuel 1:11 – “And she made a vow, saying, ‘Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.'”

Job 10:18 – “‘Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.'”

Luke 1:57 – “When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.”

Luke 2:12 – “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

1 Samuel 1:27 – “‘I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.’ And he worshiped the Lord there.”

Genesis 30:23 – “She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, ‘God has taken away my disgrace.'”

Exodus 2:2 – “and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.”

Luke 2:16 – “So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.”

Deuteronomy 7:13 – “He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.”

Genesis 25:22 – “The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ So she went to inquire of the Lord.”

Exodus 2:3 – “But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.”

Exodus 13:15 – “When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.'”

1 Samuel 1:22 – “But Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, ‘After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.'”

Isaiah 49:1 – “Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.”

Genesis 29:32 – “Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, ‘It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.'”

Genesis 33:5 – “Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. ‘Who are these with you?’ he asked. Jacob answered, ‘They are the children God has graciously given your servant.'”

Exodus 2:6 – “She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. ‘This is one of the Hebrew babies,’ she said.”

Numbers 3:15 – “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”

Psalm 22:9 – “Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.”

Psalm 139:13 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

Luke 1:59 – “On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,”

Exodus 12:29 – “At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.”

Deuteronomy 1:39 – “And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.”

2 Samuel 12:14 – “‘But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.'”

Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!”

Luke 2:21 – “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.”

Deuteronomy 24:16 – “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”

1 Kings 3:26 – “The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!’ But the other said, ‘Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!'”

Genesis 4:1 – “Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.'”

Genesis 21:3 – “Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.”

Deuteronomy 7:13 – “He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.”

Luke 2:12 – “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Matthew 1:23 – “‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).”

Genesis 29:32 – “Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, ‘It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.'”

Isaiah 66:9 – “‘Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?’ says the Lord. ‘Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?’ says your God.”

Jeremiah 20:15 – “Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!”

Ecclesiastes 11:5 – “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.”

Matthew 2:16 – “When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.”

Genesis 25:24 – “When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.”

Matthew 2:13 – “When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up,’ he said, ‘take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.'”

1 Samuel 1:27 – “‘I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.’ And he worshiped the Lord there.”

Exodus 2:3 – “But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.”

Genesis 4:1 – “Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.'”

1 Samuel 1:22 – “But Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, ‘After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.'”

Psalm 127:3-5 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.”

Exodus 1:17 – “The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.”

Psalm 139:13-14 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Isaiah 44:2 – “This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.”

Luke 1:41 – “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Isaiah 49:1 – “Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.”

Genesis 17:21 – “But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”

Luke 18:15-17 – “People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'”

Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!”

Luke 2:12 – “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Exodus 2:2 – “and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.”

Deuteronomy 7:13 – “He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.”

Exodus 13:2 – “”Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born of both humans and animals belongs to me.”

Luke 1:24-25 – “After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. ‘The Lord has done this for me,’ she said. ‘In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.'”

Psalm 139:13-14 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Isaiah 49:1 – “Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.”

Genesis 17:21 – “But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”

Luke 18:15-17 – “People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'”

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