How many times in the Bible does God refer to Christians as Children?

Answer 1

1. Luke 20:36

   and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection.

   Luke 20:35-37 (in Context) Luke 20 (Whole Chapter)

2. Romans 8:16

   The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

   Romans 8:15-17 (in Context) Romans 8 (Whole Chapter)

3. Romans 9:8

   In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

Answer 2

In the King James version

the word - children - appears 1802 times

These are too many to list here, but below I list the number of times the word apears in each book of The Bible

the word - children's - appears 19 times

1. Gen 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
2. Gen 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
3. Exo 9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
4. Exo 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
5. Deu 4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
6. Jos 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
7. 2 Kin 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
8. Job 19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
9. Psa 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
10. Psa 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
11. Pro 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
12. Pro 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
13. Jer 2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
14. Jer 31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
15. Eze 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
16. Eze 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
17. Mat 15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
18. Mar 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
19. Mar 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

Book - count of "children"

Genesis ....................... 61

Exodus ...................... 137

Leviticus ...................... 61

Numbers ................... 263

Deuteronomy ............... 70

Joshua ....................... 191

Judges ....................... 131

Ruth ............................. 0

1 Samuel ..................... 22

2 Samuel ..................... 29

1 Kings ........................ 33

2 Kings ........................ 35

1 Chronicles ................. 66

2 Chronicles ................. 53

Ezra ........................... 113

Nehemiah ................... 114

Esther ............................ 2

Job .............................. 13

Psalms ......................... 52

Proverbs ....................... 11

Ecclesiastes .................... 1

Song of Solomon ............. 1

Isaiah .......................... 38

Jeremiah ...................... 47

Lamentations .................. 9

Ezekiel .......................... 30

Daniel ........................... 13

Hosea ........................... 18

Joel .............................. 11

Amos ............................. 7

Obadiah ......................... 2

Jonah ............................. 0

Micah ............................. 3

Nahum ........................... 1

Habakkuk ....................... 0

Zephaniah ...................... 3

Haggai ........................... 0

Zechariah ....................... 2

Malachi .......................... 2

Matthew ....................... 31

Mark ............................ 10

Luke ............................. 23

John .............................. 6

Acts ............................. 12

Romans ........................ 10

1 Corinthians .................. 3

2 Corinthians .................. 4

Galatians ........................ 8

Ephesians ....................... 9

Philippians ...................... 0

Colossians ...................... 3

1 Thessalonians .............. 4

2 Thessalonians .............. 0

1 Timothy ....................... 5

2 Timothy ....................... 0

Titus .............................. 2

Philemon ........................ 0

Hebrews ......................... 4

James ............................ 0

1 Peter ........................... 1

2 Peter ........................... 1

1 John .......................... 12

2 John ............................ 3

3 John ............................ 1

Jude ............................... 0

Revelation ....................... 4