The Bible protects children in two directions: God promises to guard and save them, and people are forbidden to harm them. God tells Zion “I will save your children” (Isaiah 49:25), Exodus 22:22-24 puts the fatherless child under God’s own protection, and Jesus warns against causing “one of these little ones who believe in me” to sin (Matthew 18:6). Parents are given the daily part of the work: teaching God’s words at home and on the road (Deuteronomy 6:7), training…
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