Only Child

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

• Joy

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

• Temple

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

• David

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

• Intercession
• Parents

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

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.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

• Children
• Righteous

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.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.