Bible Verses About Child Dedication
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for child dedication, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,500 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Child Dedication
Proverbs 22:6170 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Psalms 127:3128 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Deuteronomy 6:5-7121 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
1 Samuel 1:27-28111 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Mark 10:13-16108 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Jeremiah 1:570 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.
Luke 2:2258 votes
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
Mark 10:1656 votes
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
3 John 1:454 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Ephesians 6:452 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:1150 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Psalms 139:13-1849 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Deuteronomy 6:748 votes
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Psalms 127:3-546 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
James 1:1746 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.
Mark 10:1437 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.
Exodus 13:235 votes
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Luke 2:22-2433 votes
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
1 Samuel 1:24-2828 votes
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1 Peter 2:923 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Psalms 32:820 votes
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
2 Timothy 3:1520 votes
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Genesis 18:1918 votes
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Psalms 128:318 votes
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Proverbs 17:613 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
What does the Bible say about child dedication?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of child dedication. Across 1,500 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 127:3, Deuteronomy 6:5-7, 1 Samuel 1:27-28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.