53+ Bible Verses on Adoption That Will Restore Your Faith

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”

God is a fatherly figure to all and acts as their patron in times of need. He watches over them and sees the well-being of the oppressed and the misfortunate. Being created in His image, one should try to adopt, as it is His love that they shall be channeling to the unfortunate.

“And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”

Children are precious gifts from God, reflecting His love. Rejoice in their presence, for loving them is loving God and finding spiritual peace.

“He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will”

The importance of adoption cannot be stressed enough as one should remember that while God is the source of all life and all humans have been created differently with their purposes specified beforehand, He has accepted them all into His family as His children whom He loves and cares.

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

One should know that pure religion is to humbly follow God’s Word, forsaking the worldly attitudes of pride and self-centered purposes and caring for the needful such as orphaned and destitute children, widows as well as any oppressed people, for such deeds affirm to His word. 

“The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.”

God observes the deeds and attitudes of His faithful followers, who are created in His image and should care for the needy and unfortunate such as widows and orphans, and even strangers who require help. By being true to the word of God, one can be gifted with salvation; otherwise, being selfish will make one perish and be separated from His presence.

“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”

A believer of God has the right to pray to Him for wisdom and knowledge to have a loving and compassionate attitude, and to carry out good deeds for others’ benefit, such as defending the oppressed, taking care of widows, and providing for children without parents or even adopt them.

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

One who Christ has saved has been accepted into God’s family as His children. Thus, they are like His adopted children, loved as His own, and this spirit of adoption that He gave them should encourage others to adopt orphaned children and love them as their own.

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins people commit are outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.”

God declares His love for all His followers by accepting those with faith in Him as His own children. Through adoption, one can bond with a child they declare as their own and have a loving relationship with, which would also be an act done in His word. 

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”

Adoption is a precious gift from God. Love an adopted child as your own, just as the Lord loves us all as His children in His family.

“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.”

One must not fret about his real identity, and even if they find out the truth, they should remember that what matters is the loving bond between them as we all are God’s children who have been accepted in His family by His grace and we are all loved and cared for by Him dearly. 

“Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.”

“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth.”

God enjoys uniting people together through love. He does so through His acts of intervention. Just as followers of different places are brought together through the bond of their faith in Christ, through adoption, the Lord connects together people with love, in His glory. 

“The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”

God creates all life with equal care, and having a child through birth or by adoption is to rejoice. Just as His followers are His children whom He loves unconditionally, He provides the sweet gift of children by His grace to those with trust in Him, thereby providing the opportunity to have a loving family such as His. 

“Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.”

Believers live righteously to be granted salvation by being accepted into God’s family for eternal life. Similarly, those waiting for a child by adoption experience a gratifying experience filled with joy and happiness when they are united through love by the grace of the Lord. 

“Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

God offers His boundless love and mercy to all and cares for them as His family. The Lord offers His grace to all, including those orphaned. He provides the opportunity of the family by uniting them with caring parents, who should be proud and grateful to Him for being able to share His glory. 

“I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.”

God is merciful, and to those who live by His word and has faith in Him, He saves with His grace and answers their prayers. He fulfills their longings for a child to grow their family by providing them with the opportunity of adoption and binds the family together through love.  

“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Adoption can be a challenging process. If one trusts in the Lord and acts in His word, he or she can pray to Him for His grace, and He will provide them with the courage and firmness to get through the difficult parts as the rest is a rewarding action, such is the nature of His gift.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

The Lord is omnipotent and created life and designed each human distinctively. His plans provide hope to all with equal importance so they might prosper in the future. Thus, even those children without parents are promised a successful future because of His grace and love. 

“When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.”

Love and nurture adopted children as your own, for all children are gifts from the Lord. Embrace God’s love and grace for eternal life as His family.

“The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.”

God treats all His followers as His children whom he has accepted into His family. He disciplines and forgives them after they confess and then atones for their sins. One should treat his adopted child as he would his own by disciplining them in His ways and forgiving them for any immoral deed, for this relationship is based on pure love and oneness between them.

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.“

The word of God speaks not only about adopting children as honorable but also weighs on the importance of treating and interacting with their birth parents. By accepting them and being a positive influence, they would be doing God’s work and earning His grace.

“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”

God puts each one into families by His grace, and it is His will that all children should be taught His ways and commit to His word so that they have the wisdom to heed the words of their parents when they are older and that they do not depart from Him and can live in His glory.

“May the LORD cause you to increase, both you and your children.”

“May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”

The Lord blesses and shows his mercy to His faithful followers who live with His spirit in them through their belief in Christ. They are provided with children through birth or adoption, and such blessings continue to flow through their lives and families.

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.”

Just as God is merciful and his love is limitless, one should live righteously through the spirit of Christ by showing their love and support to the needy such as destitute and orphaned children, by adoption or foster care to earn God’s grace and share His glory by doing His work.

“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”

A follower should always do the needful and act on the dire situation of those in need of help and justice, in the way God delivers them from evil through His power and wisdom. Adoption is such a case where one can carry out God’s work and, in His glory, seek salvation.

“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”

“Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”

Embrace God’s word and reflect His love. Nurturing others brings us closer to spiritual birth in God’s heavenly family.

“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.”

“To redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.”

Christ had repented for the sins of humans so that they could be adopted into God’s family. One should be grateful for finding a sense of belongingness with Him and should act in His spirit by finding a home for orphaned children so that all can live in peace and happiness.

“Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.”

One can always confide in God’s love as His compassion for every being is boundless. He provides for the unfortunate such as orphans and children forsaken by parents. He puts them into loving families and offers His grace to the parents to reward them for doing His work.