Bible Verses About Adoption
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for adoption, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 30,069 votes, led by Ephesians 1:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Adoption
Ephesians 1:51,167 votes
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
James 1:271,089 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Matthew 18:5894 votes
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
John 1:12875 votes
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Acts 7:21849 votes
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Esther 2:7716 votes
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Matthew 25:40690 votes
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Psalms 68:5-6688 votes
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Romans 8:15678 votes
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Deuteronomy 10:18668 votes
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Galatians 3:26648 votes
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:5-7603 votes
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Psalms 27:10598 votes
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Proverbs 31:8594 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
1 John 3:1591 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Isaiah 1:17588 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Romans 9:8585 votes
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Isaiah 40:31565 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
John 1:12-13562 votes
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 14:18550 votes
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
1 John 3:2531 votes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
John 1:13511 votes
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 8:14-19508 votes
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans 8:14-17484 votes
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Psalms 146:9480 votes
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
What does the Bible say about adoption?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 1:5 on the subject of adoption. Across 30,069 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:27, Matthew 18:5, John 1:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.