18 Bible Verses about Dealing With Young People

So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front of them.

gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.

And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods;

And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead thee, and destroy the way of thy paths.

and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.

And taking a little child he set it in their midst, and having taken it in his arms he said to them,

And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe in me, it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.