Bible Verses About Babies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for babies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,561 votes, led by Jeremiah 1:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Babies
Jeremiah 1:5275 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.
Psalms 139:13-16268 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Psalms 127:3-5267 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:3190 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Luke 18:15-17164 votes
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Proverbs 22:6139 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Mark 10:13-16136 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Isaiah 49:15131 votes
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Matthew 19:14115 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 1:41-44112 votes
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
1 Samuel 1:2796 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Proverbs 17:696 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Matthew 18:1090 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.
Luke 2:1690 votes
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Matthew 19:13-1587 votes
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
Ephesians 6:486 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:27-2875 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
John 16:2175 votes
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Psalms 139:1373 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
James 1:1768 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Psalms 8:262 votes
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Ecclesiastes 11:559 votes
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Job 10:8-1258 votes
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Mark 9:36-3755 votes
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
Galatians 1:1553 votes
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
What does the Bible say about babies?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 1:5 on the subject of babies. Across 5,561 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 139:13-16, Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 127:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.