Topic
Babes
11 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 8:2Nave A symbol of the guileless
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- Matthew 11:25Nave A symbol of the guileless
¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matthew 18:2–6Nave A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as…
- Matthew 21:16Nave In the mouths of, is praise perfected
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- Mark 10:15Nave A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
- Luke 10:21Nave A symbol of the guileless
¶ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Luke 18:17Nave A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
- Romans 2:20Nave FIGURATIVE — Of weak Christians
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1Nave FIGURATIVE — Of weak Christians
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
- Hebrews 5:13Nave FIGURATIVE — Of weak Christians
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- 1 Peter 2:2Nave FIGURATIVE — Of weak Christians
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 11 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.