Psalm 127:3

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:4

Your offspring will be blessed, and the produce of your ground, and the offspring of your livestock, the increase of your herd and the flocks of your sheep.

1 Samuel 1:27

For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells in Mount Zion.

Genesis 48:4

and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you into a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he said, “Who are those with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them.”

1 Chronicles 28:5

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 kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Isaiah 13:18

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Genesis 4:1

Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived, gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 28:11

The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity, in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.

Judges 12:9

He had thirty sons, and he gave thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan; and he brought thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

2 Samuel 3:5

and the sixth, Ithream, was born to Eglah, the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.

1 Chronicles 8:40

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, even archers, and had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all the sons of Benjamin.

Job 1:2

Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.