New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about adoption

Reflecting the very heart of the gospel, verses about adoption show how God's deep compassion embraces the fatherless and grants spiritual family status to those once estranged. Sacred Scripture presents physical care for orphans alongside the profound theological reality of believers being legally and lovingly brought into God's own household. Spiritual inclusion forms a primary theme, highlighting how the Spirit converts former captives into legitimate heirs who can boldly invoke God as Father. Simultaneously, the texts call God's people to mirror this heavenly grace by defending the cause of the vulnerable, opening their hearts to the lonely, and extending practical family care. In the biblical vision, spiritual placement in God's family offers absolute security and an imperishable inheritance. By aligning with divine compassion?both in recognizing one's own adopted status and in serving vulnerable children?believers give visible proof of the redeeming love that brings the lonely into a lasting home.

When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter. And he became her son. She named him Moses. She said, "I pulled him out of the water."
Exodus 2:10

Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah. He had brought her up in his own home. She didn't have a father or mother. Hadassah was also called Esther. She was very beautiful. Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. He had done it when her father and mother died.
Esther 2:7

Mordecai had adopted Esther. She had been the daughter of his uncle Abihail. Her turn came to go in to the king. She only asked for what Hegai suggested. He was the king's eunuch who was in charge of the place where the virgins stayed. Everyone who saw Esther was pleased with her.
Esther 2:15

My father and mother may desert me, but the Lord will accept me.
Psalm 27:10

God is in his holy temple. He is a father to those whose fathers have died. He takes care of women whose husbands have died.
Psalm 68:5

God gives lonely people a family. He sets prisoners free, and they go out singing. But those who refuse to obey him live in a land that is baked by the sun.
Psalm 68:6

Stand up for those who are weak and for those whose fathers have died. See to it that those who are poor and those who are beaten down are treated fairly.
Psalm 82:3

"Speak up for those who can't speak for themselves. Speak up for the rights of all those who are poor.
Proverbs 31:8

Speak up and judge fairly. Speak up for the rights of those who are poor and needy."
Proverbs 31:9

Learn to do what is right! Treat people fairly. Give hope to those who are beaten down. Cheer them up. Stand up in court for children whose fathers have died. And do the same thing for widows.
Isaiah 1:17

The Lord answers, "Can a mother forget the baby who is nursing at her breast? Can she stop showing her tender love to the child who was born to her? She might forget her child. But I will not forget you.
Isaiah 49:15

Assyria can't save us. We won't trust in our war horses. Our own hands have made statues of gods. But we will never call them our gods again. We are like children whose fathers have died. But you show us your tender love."
Hosea 14:3

"Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:5

"The King will reply, 'What I'm about to tell you is true. Anything you did for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Matthew 25:40

Some people did accept him. They believed in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.
John 1:12

"I will not leave you like children who don't have parents. I will come to you.
John 14:18

You didn't receive a spirit that makes you a slave to fear once again. Instead you received the Holy Spirit, who makes you God's child. By the Spirit's power we call God "Abba." Abba means Father.
Romans 8:15

And that's not all. We have the Holy Spirit as the promise of future blessing. But we also groan inside ourselves as we look forward to the time when God will adopt us as full members of his family. Then he will give us everything he has for us. He will raise our bodies and give glory to them.
Romans 8:23

They are the people of Israel. They have been adopted as God's children. God's glory belongs to them. So do the covenants. They received the law. They were taught to worship in the temple. They were given the promises.
Romans 9:4

But then the right time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.
Galatians 4:4

He came to set free those who were under the law. He wanted us to be adopted as children with all the rights children have.
Galatians 4:5

Because you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. He is the Holy Spirit. By his power we call God "[Abba.]" Abba means Father.
Galatians 4:6

So you aren't slaves any longer. You are God's children. Because you are his children, he gives you what he promised to give his people.
Galatians 4:7

So he decided long ago to adopt us as his children. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. It pleased God to do it.
Ephesians 1:5

Here are the kinds of beliefs that God our Father accepts as pure and without fault. When widows and children who have no parents are in trouble, take care of them. And keep yourselves from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27

How great is the love the Father has given us so freely! Now we can be called children of God. And that's what we really are! The world doesn't know us because it didn't know him.
1 John 3:1

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about adoption

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