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Scofield Reference Index
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• Ungrateful Children
• Stories for Children
• Named, Children
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The Topic Concordance
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Naming Children
• Little Children
• Children, & Sin of Fathers
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Torrey Topical Textbook
• Children, Wicked
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American Tract Society
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
• East, Children of the
• Beeroth of the Children of Jaakan
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Tobiah, the Children of
• Thamah, the Children of
• Tamah, the Children of
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Children: Their Future
• Children: Perseverance Heeded in Teaching
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Children of the East
• Children (Sons) of God
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Three Children
• Song of the Three Holy Children
• Eden, Children of
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Children of God, Sons of God
• Children of God
• Children
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Children
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• Ammon, Ammonites, Children of Ammon
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tub, Children in
• Truth, Children of
• Mass, Children's
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Children
People's Bible Dictionary
• Ammon Ammonites Children of Ammon
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Rabbath of The Children of Ammon
• Children
• Beeroth of The Children of Jaakan
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Child, Children, Childbearing, Childish, Childless
Whyte's Bible Characters
• The Mother of Zebedee's Children
• The Children of Capernaum Playing at Marriages and Funerals in the Market-Place
Webster Dictionary
• Children
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Children's Courts
• Children's Games
• Law Relating to Children
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Child; Children
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Children
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bean, Children of
• Children, Church Membership of.
• Children, Communion of.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Children of the Wood
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Children of Mary
• Communion of Children
• The Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Blessing of Children
• Children of God
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Lexicons
• ἄτεκνος
• γεννάω
• ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
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• בֵּן בְּנו, , לַבֵּן
• בֵּן
• בָּנָה
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• Christ was an example to
  Luke 2:51; John 19:26,27

• Are a gift from God
  Genesis 33:5; Psalm 127:3

• Are capable of glorifying God
  Psalm 8:2; 148:12,13; Matthew 21:15,16

• SHOULD BE
  • Brought to Christ
    Mark 10:13-16
  • Brought early to the house of God
    1 Samuel 1:24
  • Instructed in the ways of God
    Deuteronomy 31:12,13; Proverbs 22:6
  • Judiciously trained
    Proverbs 22:15; 29:17; Ephesians 6:4

• SHOULD
  • Obey God
    Deuteronomy 30:2
  • Fear God
    Proverbs 24:21
  • Remember God
    Ecclesiastes 12:1
  • Attend to parental teaching
    Proverbs 1:8,9
  • Honour parents
    Exodus 20:12; Hebrews 12:9
  • Fear parents
    Leviticus 19:3
  • Obey parents
    Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1
  • Take care of parents
    1 Timothy 5:4
  • Honour the aged
    Leviticus 19:32; 1 Peter 5:5
  • Not imitate bad parents
    Ezekiel 20:18

• An heritage from the Lord
  Psalm 113:9; 127:3

• NOT TO HAVE
  • Considered an affliction
    Genesis 15:2,3; Jeremiah 22:30
  • A reproach in Israel
    1 Samuel 1:6,7; Luke 1:25

• Anxiety of the Jews for
  Genesis 30:1; 1 Samuel 1:5,8

• Often prayed for
  1 Samuel 1:10,11; Luke 1:13

• Often given in answer to prayer
  Genesis 25:21; 1 Samuel 1:27; Luke 1:13

• Treatment of, after birth, noticed
  Ezekiel 16:4

• Mostly nursed by the mothers
  1 Samuel 1:22; 1 Kings 3:21; Psalm 22:9; Song of Solomon 8:1

• Weaning of, a time of joy and feasting
  Genesis 21:8; 1 Samuel 1:24

• Circumcised on the eighth day
  Philippians 3:5

• Named at circumcision
  Luke 1:59; 2:21

• WERE NAMED
  • After relatives
    Luke 1:59,61
  • From remarkable events
    Genesis 21:3,6; 18:13; Exodus 2:10; 18:3,4
  • From circumstances connected with their birth
    Genesis 25:25,26; 35:18; 1 Chronicles 4:9
  • Often by God
    Isaiah 8:3; Hosea 1:4,6,9
  • Often numerous
    2 Kings 10:1; 1 Chronicles 4:27
  • Numerous, considered an especial blessing
    Psalm 115:14; 127:4,5
  • Sometimes born when parents were old
    Genesis 15:3,6; 17:17; Luke 1:18

• MALE
  • If first born, belonged to God and were redeemed
    Exodus 13:12,13,15
  • Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
    Jeremiah 20:15
  • Under the care of tutors, till they came of age
    2 Kings 10:1; Galatians 4:1,2
  • Usefully employed
    1 Samuel 9:3; 17:15
  • Inherited the possessions of their father
    Deuteronomy 21:16,17; Luke 12:13,14
  • Received the blessing of their father before his death
    Genesis 27:1-4; 48:15; 49:1-33

• FEMALE
  • Taken care of by nurses
    Genesis 35:8
  • Usefully employed
    Genesis 24:13; Exodus 2:16
  • Inherited property in default of sons
    Numbers 27:1-8; Joshua 17:1-6

• Fondness and care of mothers for
  Exodus 2:2-10; 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 3:27; Isaiah 49:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:7,8

• Of God's people, holy
  Ezra 9:2; 1 Corinthians 7:14

• Of God's people, interested in the promises
  Deuteronomy 29:29; Acts 2:39

• Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
  Deuteronomy 4:40; 12:25,28; Psalm 128:1-3

• Frequently bore the curse of parents
  Exodus 20:5; Psalm 109:9,10

• WERE REQUIRED
  • To honour their parents
    Exodus 20:12
  • To attend to instruction
    Deuteronomy 4:9; 11:19
  • To submit to discipline
    Proverbs 29:17; Hebrews 12:9
  • To respect the aged
    Leviticus 19:32

• Mode of giving public instruction to
  Luke 2:46; Acts 22:3

• Power of parents over, during the patriarchal age
  Genesis 9:24,25; 21:14; 38:24

• Often wicked and rebellious
  2 Kings 2:23

• Rebellious, punished by the civil power
  Exodus 21:15-17; Deuteronomy 21:18-21

• Sometimes devoted their property to avoid supporting parents
  Matthew 15:5; Mark 7:11,12

• Could demand their portion during father's life
  Luke 15:12

• Amusements of
  Zechariah 8:5; Matthew 11:16,17

• Casting out of weak, &c alluded to
  Ezekiel 16:5

• Inhuman practice of offering to idols
  2 Kings 17:31; 2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6

• ILLEGITIMATE
  • Had no inheritance
    Genesis 21:10,14; Galatians 4:30
  • Not cared for by the father
    Hebrews 12:8
  • Excluded from the congregation
    Deuteronomy 23:2
  • Sometimes sent away with gifts
    Genesis 25:6
  • Despised by their brethren
    Judges 11:2

• Destruction of, a punishment
  Leviticus 26:22; Ezekiel 9:6; Luke 19:44

• Grief occasioned by loss of
  Genesis 37:35; 44:27-29; 2 Samuel 13:37; Jeremiah 6:26; 31:15

• Resignation manifested at loss of
  Leviticus 10:19,20; 2 Samuel 12:18-23; Job 1:19-21