'Children' in the Bible

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,

The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.

And these are the children of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Isaiah;

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,

The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain of Jordan round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.

And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

Some time later, when his children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house,

While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "Your children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house

Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

You'll know that you'll have many children; and that your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

He has no children or descendants among his people,no survivor where he used to live.

My breath is offensive to my wife,and my own family finds me repulsive.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Their children are established while they are still alive,and their descendants, before their eyes.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

How much less is man, who is only a maggot, or a man's children, who are only worms!"

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children?

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Because of Your adversaries,You have established a strongholdfrom the mouths of children and nursing infantsto silence the enemy and the avenger.

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

as soon as {they heard}, they obeyed me. [The] children of a foreign land feigned obedience before me.

[The] children of a foreign land {lost heart}, and they came trembling from their strongholds.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

From heaven Yahweh looks; he sees all the children of humankind.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

I have been young and now I am old,yet I have not seen the righteous abandonedor his children begging for bread.

He is always generous, always lending,and his children are a blessing.

For the Lord loves justiceand will not abandon His faithful ones.They are kept safe forever,but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,And those who love His name will dwell in it.

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

You delivered your people by your strength -- the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your {power}, spare [the] children [appointed to] death.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?