Top 25 Bible Verses About Adoption (KJV)

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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

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 Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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