Bible Verses about “abusing children”

“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

“But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."”

“"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.”

“For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.”

“But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.”

“He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.”

“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.”

“I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."”

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”

“You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;”

“I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.”

“For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.”

“nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.”

“"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.”

“A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.”

“no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.”

“He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.”

“Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,”

“They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.”

“You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.”

“You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.”

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."”

“but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.”

“if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

“to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.”

“Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.”

“Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.”

“Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

“Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"”

“Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.”

“See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.”

“and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!”

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,”

“Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them,”

“In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"”

“Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”

“"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'”

“"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?”

“So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."”

“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.”

“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.”

“Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.”

“When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.”

“But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”

“The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'”

“The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.”

“"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'”