Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5652 babies

5652 babies

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The gift of young children from God is usually seen as a blessing. The term is also used figuratively of those who are young or immature in the faith.

Babies as a blessing from God

Psalm 127:3 See also Genesis 1:28; Genesis 17:16; Genesis 24:59-60; Proverbs 17:6; Luke 1:41-42

The promise of a baby

Genesis 17:15-19 See also Genesis 18:10-14; 2 Kings 4:14-17; Luke 1:11-24

Examples of biblical characters as babies

Genesis 21:1-7 Isaac; Genesis 25:21-26 Esau and Jacob; Exodus 2:1-10 Moses; Judges 13:2-25 Samson; Ruth 4:13-17 Obed, the father of Jesse; 2 Samuel 12:24-25 Solomon; Luke 1:57-66 John the Baptist

Babies as prophetic signs

Isaiah 7:14 See also Isaiah 8:3-4; Isaiah 9:6-7; Hosea 1:2-11; Luke 2:8-12

OT laws concerned with the birth of babies

Luke 2:21-24 See also Genesis 17:9-12; Exodus 13:1-2; Leviticus 12:1-8; Luke 1:59

A mother's love for her baby

Isaiah 49:15 See also 1 Kings 3:16-28; Isaiah 66:12-13

Babies are sinful from birth

Psalm 51:5 See also Psalm 58:3; John 9:34

The death of babies

Exodus 1:15-22 See also Exodus 11:4-5; 2 Samuel 12:13-23; Lamentations 2:11-12; Matthew 2:16-18; Acts 7:17-19

Jesus Christ and babies

Jesus Christ's own birth and babyhood

Matthew 1:18-23 See also Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 2:1-23; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 2:1-40

Jesus Christ's response to babies

Luke 18:15-17 pp Matthew 19:13-15 pp Mark 10:13-16

Babyhood used as a spiritual image

1 Corinthians 3:1-2 See also Psalm 8:2; Matthew 21:16; Matthew 11:25; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:2-3