100 Bible Verses about Adoption

Here are 100 Bible verses about adoption, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Ephesians 1:5 KJV

⁵ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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James 1:27 KJV

²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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Matthew 18:5 KJV

⁵ And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

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John 1:12 KJV

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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Acts 7:21 KJV

²¹ And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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Esther 2:7 KJV

⁷ And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

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Matthew 25:40 KJV

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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Psalm 68:5-6 KJV

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. ⁶ God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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Romans 8:15 KJV

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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Deuteronomy 10:18 KJV

¹⁸ He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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Galatians 3:26 KJV

²⁶ For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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Galatians 4:5-7 KJV

⁵ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. ⁶ And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. ⁷ Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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Psalm 27:10 KJV

¹⁰ When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

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Proverbs 31:8 KJV

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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Isaiah 1:17 KJV

¹⁷ Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Romans 9:8 KJV

⁸ That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

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Isaiah 40:31 KJV

³¹ But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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John 1:12-13 KJV

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: ¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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John 14:18 KJV

¹⁸ I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

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1 John 3:2 KJV

² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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John 1:13 KJV

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Romans 8:14-19 KJV

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with …

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Romans 8:14-17 KJV

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with …

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Psalm 146:9 KJV

⁹ The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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Romans 8:14 KJV

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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Romans 8:23 KJV

²³ And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

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Galatians 4:4-5 KJV

⁴ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, ⁵ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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Psalm 82:3 KJV

³ Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹ 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.

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1 Samuel 1:27 KJV

²⁷ For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

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Hosea 11:1 KJV

¹ When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

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Galatians 4:5 KJV

⁵ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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Hosea 14:3 KJV

³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Psalm 68:5 KJV

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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Proverbs 31:8-9 KJV

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. ⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Exodus 2:1-25 KJV

¹ And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. ² And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. ³ And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. …

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Jeremiah 3:19 KJV

¹⁹ But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

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Romans 8:17 KJV

¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

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Romans 8:29 KJV

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Romans 8:30 KJV

³⁰ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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Ephesians 1:11 KJV

¹¹ In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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Matthew 1:18 KJV

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

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Exodus 4:22 KJV

²² And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

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Ephesians 4:1-32 KJV

¹ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, ² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; ³ Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; …

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Galatians 4:6 KJV

⁶ And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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Exodus 2:5-10 KJV

⁵ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. ⁶ And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. ⁷ Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall …

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Romans 8:1-39 KJV

¹ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: …

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Romans 9:1-33 KJV

¹ I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, ² That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. ³ For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: ⁴ Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the …

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Romans 9:26 KJV

²⁶ And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

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2 Corinthians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸ And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Ephesians 2:19 KJV

¹⁹ Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

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Isaiah 49:15 KJV

¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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2 Samuel 7:14 KJV

¹⁴ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

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Galatians 3:29 KJV

²⁹ And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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Genesis 48:5 KJV

⁵ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

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Philippians 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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Ephesians 3:6 KJV

⁶ That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Hebrews 2:13 KJV

¹³ And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

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Romans 9:4 KJV

⁴ Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

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Proverbs 14:26 KJV

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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Romans 8:29-30 KJV

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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Ephesians 1:9 KJV

⁹ Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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Galatians 4:4-7 KJV

⁴ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, ⁵ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. ⁶ And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. ⁷ Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, …

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Genesis 48:16 KJV

¹⁶ The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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Luke 12:32 KJV

³² Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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Isaiah 43:7 KJV

⁷ Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

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Revelation 21:7 KJV

⁷ He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Jeremiah 31:20 KJV

²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

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Genesis 48:14 KJV

¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Romans 8:16 KJV

¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

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Psalm 127:3 KJV

³ Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

⁵ 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.

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Hebrews 12:7 KJV

⁷ If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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Hebrews 12:6 KJV

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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Acts 15:17 KJV

¹⁷ That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

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Matthew 5:9 KJV

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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Isaiah 8:18 KJV

¹⁸ Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

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1 Chronicles 22:10 KJV

¹⁰ He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

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Isaiah 63:8 KJV

⁸ For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

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Numbers 6:27 KJV

²⁷ And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.

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1 John 3:10 KJV

¹⁰ In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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Romans 8:21 KJV

²¹ Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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Matthew 12:50 KJV

⁵⁰ For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Matthew 5:45 KJV

⁴⁵ That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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Proverbs 13:12 KJV

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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Isaiah 43:6 KJV

⁶ I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

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Hebrews 2:11 KJV

¹¹ For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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Jeremiah 31:9 KJV

⁹ They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

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Genesis 15:2-4 KJV

² And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? ³ And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. ⁴ And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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Hebrews 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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Exodus 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

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Luke 11:27-28 KJV

²⁷ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. ²⁸ But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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Job 24:9 KJV

⁹ They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

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Isaiah 66:13 KJV

¹³ As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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Deuteronomy 32:1-52 KJV

¹ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. ² My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: ³ Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. ⁴ He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his …

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Deuteronomy 8:1-20 KJV

¹ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. ² And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. …

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Ephesians 1:1 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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