Psalms 127:3

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Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

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  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, 'Who are these with you?' Jacob replied, 'They are the children whom God has graciously given to your servant.'
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.
  • Josh 24:3-4 : 3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac. 4 And to Isaac, I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Here I am, along with the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 Of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.
  • Gen 41:51-52 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'God has made me forget all my hardship and my father’s household.' 52 The second son he named Ephraim, saying, 'God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
  • Gen 15:4-5 : 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gate of their enemies."
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!' 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'
  • 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 Early in the morning, they arose and worshiped before the LORD, and then they returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. 20 In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 I prayed for this boy, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, ‘May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD.’ Then they would return to their home. 21 And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 127:4-5
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    82%

    4Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.

    5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they confront their enemies at the gate.

  • Prov 17:6
    77%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Ps 128:2-6
    5 verses
    75%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

    3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

    4Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.

    5May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

    6May you live to see your children’s children—peace be upon Israel.

  • Ps 17:14
    74%

    14By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24The father of a righteous child will greatly rejoice; a man who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

  • Ps 113:9
    73%

    9He gives the barren woman a home, making her a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!

  • Job 27:14
    72%

    14If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread.

  • Deut 28:4
    72%

    4Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks.

  • Ps 127:2
    72%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 112:2
    72%

    2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

  • Ps 147:13
    72%

    13For He strengthens the bars of your gates; He blesses your children within you.

  • Ps 115:14-16
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    72%

    14May the Lord increase you and your children.

    15May you be blessed by the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.

    16The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to the children of man.

  • Ps 8:2
    71%

    2LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

  • Jer 16:3
    71%

    3For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • Ps 45:16
    71%

    16They are led with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

  • Prov 31:28
    71%

    28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also praises her.

  • Prov 14:26
    71%

    26In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.

  • Ps 144:12
    71%

    12May our sons be like well-nurtured plants growing up in their youth, our daughters like pillars carved for a palace.

  • Prov 29:17
    70%

    17Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Eph 6:4
    70%

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • Isa 65:23
    70%

    23They will not labor in vain or bear children for sudden disaster, for they are a people blessed by the LORD, they and their offspring with them.

  • Ps 22:30
    70%

    30All the rich of the earth will feast and bow down; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—those who cannot keep themselves alive.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19God stores up their iniquity for their children. Let him repay them so that they may experience it themselves.

  • Deut 28:11
    70%

    11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

  • Prov 19:14
    70%

    14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Hos 13:13
    69%

    13The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.

  • Prov 8:32
    69%

    32Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Prov 31:2
    69%

    2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • Prov 13:22
    69%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

  • Ps 90:16
    69%

    16May your deeds be shown to your servants, and your splendor to their children.

  • Prov 20:7
    69%

    7The righteous person walks in their integrity; blessed are their children after them.

  • Job 21:8
    69%

    8Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.

  • Prov 3:9
    69%

    9Honor the LORD with your wealth and from the firstfruits of all your produce.

  • Col 3:20
    69%

    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

  • Ps 78:6
    69%

    6so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,

  • Deut 7:13
    69%

    13He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land—your grain, your new wine, and your fresh oil—the young of your livestock and the calves of your herds in the land that He swore to your ancestors to give you.

  • Deut 28:41
    69%

    41You will have sons and daughters, but they will not remain with you, because they will go into captivity.

  • Ps 33:12
    69%

    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.

  • Ps 137:9
    69%

    9Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rock.

  • Ps 107:37
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    37They sowed fields and planted vineyards, which yielded a fruitful harvest.