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CHILD, CHILDREN

origin of:

♦ divine provision:

• Genesis 1:26; 4:1; 33:5; Psalms 127:3; Isaiah 8:18; Luke 1:42

♦ divine formation and relationship:

• Psalms 139:13-16; Jeremiah 1:5; Galatians 1:15

bearing of:

♦ pain in:

• Genesis 3:16; Jeremiah 6:24; Micah 4:9-10; John 16:21 (cf. Romans 8:22); I Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 12:2

♦ after barrenness:

• Genesis 21:1-3; 25:21-22; 30:1-2, 22-24; 1 Samuel 1:1-20; Luke 1:5-66

♦ preserved through:

• 1 Timothy 2:15

♦ general:

• 1 Timothy 5:14

♦ without children (i.e., childless)

• Genesis 15:2; 2 Samuel 6:23; Jeremiah 22:30; Luke 23:29 (cf. Psalms 109:9)

♦ with child (i.e., pregnant)

• Genesis 16:11; 19:36; 2 Kings 8:12; Matthew 24:19; Revelation 12:2

significant instances of:

♦ Ishmael:

• Genesis 16:1-16

♦ Isaac:

• Genesis 21:1-22:17

♦ Jacob and Esau:

• Genesis 25:19-26

♦ Moses:

• Exodus 2:1-10

♦ Jephthah's daughter:

• Judges 11:29-40

♦ Samuel:

• 1 Samuel 3:1-21

♦ Joash:

• 2 Kings 11:1-12, 21

♦ Josiah:

• 2 Kings 22:1-2

♦ Isaiah's children:

• Isaiah 7:3; 8:3-4, 18

♦ Jesus and children:

• Matthew 11:16-17; 18:1-10; 19:13-15; John 6:8-13

♦ John the Baptist:

• Luke 1:5-80

♦ Jesus Himself:

(See also CHRIST, His early life)

• Luke 2:40-52 (cf. Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)

♦ Timothy:

• 2 Timothy 3:15

parental responsibility for:

♦ name them:

• Genesis 21:3; Luke 1:59-63

♦ instruct them in God's word:

• Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Joshua 4:21-22; Psalms 78:5; 2 Timothy 3:15 (cf. Genesis 18:19)

♦ avoid bringing judgment on them:

• Exodus 20:5; 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:9

♦ provide their general needs:

• 1 Samuel 1:22-24; 1 Timothy 5:8 (cf. Psalms 103:13; Matthew 7:11; I Thessalonians 2:7, 11)

♦ discipline them:

(See also DISCIPLINE)

• Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 22:6, 15; 23:13-14; Ephesians 6:4 (cf. Hebrews 12:5-11)

♦ save up for them:

• 2 Corinthians 12:14

♦ do not discourage them:

• Colossians 3:21

♦ rear them properly:

• Ephesians 6:4; 1 Timothy 5:10

♦ maintain control of them:

• 1 Timothy 3:4

♦ love them:

• Titus 2:4

responsibility to parents:

♦ honor them:

• Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:2-3 (cf. Proverbs 31:28)

♦ heed their instruction:

• Deuteronomy 4:10; Proverbs 1:8-9; 3:1-2 (cf. Psalms 34:11)

♦ obey them:

• Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20

♦ respect them:

• Proverbs 23:22

♦ care for them:

• 1 Timothy 5:4 (cf. John 19:25-27)

♦ divine promises for

• Deuteronomy 4:40; Acts 2:39; 13:33; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Ephesians 6:2-3

♦ death or destruction of

• Deuteronomy 28:55, 57; 2 Samuel 12:14-21; 2 Kings 17:31; Jeremiah 9:21; Lamentations 4:10; Hosea 10:14; Nahum 3:10; Matthew 2:16-20 (cf. John 4:49)

♦ used of descendants

• Numbers 7:36; Deuteronomy 1:3

♦ resurrection of

• 1 Kings 17:17-24; 2 Kings 4:18-37; Matthew 9:23-25

♦ blessing of having

• Psalms 127:3-5; Proverbs 17:6; Luke 1:42

♦ tenure of (i.e., childhood)

• Proverbs 29:21; Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; 2 Timothy 3:15

of God (spiritual sense):

(See ADOPTION)

♦ spiritual sense:

• John 1:12; 11:52; Romans 8:16-17, 21; Ephesians 5:1, 8; Philippians 2:15; 1 John 3:1-2, 10; 5:2

♦ physical sense:

• Acts 17:26, 28-29

♦ of the devil (spiritual sense)

• John 8:44; 1 John 3:10 (cf. Ephesians 2:3)

symbolic use:

♦ of Israel's oppressors:

• Isaiah 3:12

♦ of Jesus' disciples:

• Mark 10:24; John 13:33

♦ of Paul's converts:

• 1 Corinthians 4:14-17; 1 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4

♦ of immaturity:

• 1 Corinthians 14:20; Galatians 4:3; Ephesians 4:14

♦ of Christian addressees:

• Galatians 4:19; 1 John 2:1, 18

♦ of likeness to someone:

• 1 Peter 3:6

♦ of Christians of a local church:

• 2 John 1, 13

♦ of close association with someone:

• Revelation 2:23

♦ various characteristics of

• Hosea 5:3 (cf. Hebrews 12:8); Matthew 10:21 (cf. Isaiah 30:1); 21:15-16; 1 Corinthians 13:11; Titus 1:6

orphaned:

(See ORPHAN)

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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