Psalms 127:3

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Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked,“Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied,“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. 4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.
  • Josh 24:3-4 : 3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while 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 of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.
  • Gen 41:51-52 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.” 52 He named the second child Ephraim, saying,“Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
  • Gen 15:4-5 : 4 But look, the LORD’s message came to him:“This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.” 5 The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 They blessed Rebekah with these words:“Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!” 2 Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
  • 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 They got up early the next morning. Then they worshiped the LORD and returned to their home at Ramathaim. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD called her to mind. 20 Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home. 21 And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 127:4-5
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    4Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand.

    5How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

  • Prov 17:6
    77%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Ps 128:2-6
    5 verses
    75%

    2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

    3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

    4Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.

    5May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

    6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

  • Ps 17:14
    74%

    14LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

  • Ps 113:9
    73%

    9He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!

  • Job 27:14
    72%

    14If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

  • Deut 28:4
    72%

    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • Ps 127:2
    72%

    2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

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

  • Ps 112:2
    72%

    2His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

  • Ps 147:13
    72%

    13For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

  • Ps 115:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!

    15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth!

    16The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

  • Ps 8:2
    71%

    2From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

  • Jer 16:3
    71%

    3For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

  • Ps 45:16
    71%

    16Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

  • Prov 31:28
    71%

    28Her children have risen and called her blessed; her husband also has praised her:

  • Prov 14:26
    71%

    26In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

  • Ps 144:12
    71%

    12Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.

  • Prov 29:17
    70%

    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Eph 6:4
    70%

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

  • Isa 65:23
    70%

    23They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.

  • Ps 22:30
    70%

    30A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!

  • Deut 28:11
    70%

    11The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.

  • Prov 19:14
    70%

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

  • Hos 13:13
    69%

    13The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

  • Prov 8:32
    69%

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Prov 31:2
    69%

    2O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

  • Prov 13:22
    69%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

  • Ps 90:16
    69%

    16May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

  • Prov 20:7
    69%

    7The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

  • Job 21:8
    69%

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

  • Prov 3:9
    69%

    9Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

  • Col 3:20
    69%

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

  • Ps 78:6
    69%

    6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

  • Deut 7:13
    69%

    13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

  • Deut 28:41
    69%

    41You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.

  • Ps 33:12
    69%

    12How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

  • Ps 137:9
    69%

    9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

  • Ps 107:37
    69%

    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.