11 Bible Verses about Child Abandonment Isaiah 49:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Mark 9:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Mark 10:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. Ephesians 4:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Hosea 10:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars. Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars. For now they will say: “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord; and a king—what could he do for us?” They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for it has departed from them. Hosea 9:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote Give them, O Lord— what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Hosea 8:1-14 ESV / 1 helpful vote Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law. To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.” Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? Jeremiah 2:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV / 1 helpful vote Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Helpful Not Helpful Psalm 139:13-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
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