Psalms 127:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde.

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  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe the women & the children, and said: whence hast thou these? And he aunswered: they are the children which god hath geuen thy seruaunt.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table. 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.
  • Josh 24:3-4 : 3 And I toke your father Abraham from the other side of the fludde, and brought him throughout all the lande of Chanaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Isahac. 4 And I gaue vnto Isahac, Iacob and Esau, and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: But Iacob and his children went downe into Egypt.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 But lo, as for me and the chyldren whiche the Lorde hath geuen me, we are to be a token and a wonder in Israel from the Lorde of hoastes, whiche dwelleth vpon the hill of Sion.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 With bowes shall they destroy the young men, and haue no pitie on women with chylde, and their faces shall not spare the chyldren.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 Beholde, I wyll make thee fruiteful, and cause thee to multiplie, and wyll make a great number of people of thee, and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession.
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel.
  • Gen 41:51-52 : 51 And Ioseph called the name of the first sonne, Manasse: for God sayde he hath made me forget al my labour, and all my fathers housholde. 52 The name of the seconde called he Ephraim, for God sayd he hath caused me to be fruitefull in the lande of my trouble.
  • Gen 15:4-5 : 4 And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire. 5 And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead. 2 And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe?
  • 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 And they rose vp early, & worshipped before the Lorde, and then returned, & came to their house to Ramath: And when Elkana knewe Hanna his wyfe, the Lorde remembred her. 20 For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, saying: Because I haue asked him of the Lorde.
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this lad I prayed, and the Lorde hath geuen me my desyre whiche I asked of him:
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife, and said: The Lorde geue thee seede of this woman, for the petition that she asked of the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home. 21 And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde.

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  • Ps 127:4-5
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    4Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth.

    5Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate.

  • 6Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

  • Ps 128:2-6
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    2For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee.

    3Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table.

    4Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.

    5God wyll blesse thee out of Sion: and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe.

    6Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren: and peace vpon Israel.

  • 14Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes.

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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

    25Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce.

  • 9He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.

  • 14If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread.

  • 4Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.

  • 2Is it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early, that ye make delayes to take rest, eatyng the bread of sorowes: euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued.

  • 6Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • 2His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed.

  • 13For he maketh fast the barres of thy gates: he blesseth thy children within thee.

  • Ps 115:14-16
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    14God wyll encrease you more and more: both you and also your children.

    15Ye are the blessed of God: which made heauen and earth.

    16The heauen, the heauen I say is Gods: and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men.

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    2Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake: that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger.

  • 3For of the children that are borne in this place, of their mothers that haue borne them, and of their fathers that haue begotten them in this lande, thus saith the Lorde.

  • 16In steade of thy fathers, thou shalt haue children: whom thou mayst make princes in all landes.

  • 28Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.

  • 26In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength: and his children are vnder a sure defence.

  • 12That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners stones grauen after the fashion as a palace is.

  • 17Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.

  • 4Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde.

  • 23They shall not labour in vayne, nor beget with trouble: for they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde, and their fruites with them.

  • 30The posteritie shall serue hym: they shalbe counted vnto the Lorde for a generation.

  • 19God wyll lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: & when he rewardeth him, he shall know it.

  • 11And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goodes, in the fruite of thy body, in the fruite of thy cattell, & in the fruite of thy grounde, in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee.

  • 14House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

  • 13Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth: an vndiscrete sonne is he, els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children.

  • 32Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes.

  • 22Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.

  • 2What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?

  • 22He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.

  • 16Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes: and thy glory in their children.

  • 7The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.

  • 8Their children lyue in their sight, and their generation before their eyes.

  • 9Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce, and with the firstlynges of all thyne encrease:

  • 20Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in all thynges, for that is well pleasyng vnto the Lorde.

  • 6To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children.

  • 13He wyll loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he wyll also blesse the fruite of thy wombe, and the fruite of thy lande, thy corne, thy wine, and thine oyle, and the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe, in the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee.

  • 41Thou shalt beget sonnes and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shalbe carryed away captiue.

  • 12Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde: that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him.

  • 9Blessed shall he be: that taketh & throweth thy litle children against the stone.

  • 37And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes: and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites.