Bible Verses About Babies Going to Heaven
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for babies going to heaven, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,142 votes, led by Deuteronomy 1:39. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Babies Going to Heaven
Deuteronomy 1:39400 votes
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Matthew 18:3297 votes
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:14260 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
2 Samuel 12:23227 votes
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Matthew 18:10222 votes
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
1 Corinthians 7:14205 votes
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Matthew 19:13-14192 votes
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
2 Samuel 12:22-23180 votes
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Mark 10:14146 votes
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:16127 votes
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:15-16120 votes
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Mark 10:13-14114 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Jeremiah 1:5107 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ezekiel 18:2094 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Matthew 18:1483 votes
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Romans 5:1379 votes
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 6:2376 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:1271 votes
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Jonah 4:1169 votes
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Psalms 51:566 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Acts 2:38-3964 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 139:13-1662 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Job 3:11-1960 votes
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
John 14:660 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jeremiah 1:1-1957 votes
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
What does the Bible say about babies going to heaven?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 1:39 on the subject of babies going to heaven. Across 6,142 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 18:3, Matthew 19:14, 2 Samuel 12:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.