Psalm 127:3

The Scriptures 2009

Look, children are an inheritance from יהוה, The fruit of the womb is the reward.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creeping creatures on the earth.”

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Riḇqah and said to her, “Let our sister become the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gates of those who hate them.”

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?” And he said, “The children with whom Elohim has favoured your servant.”

Genesis 4:1

And Aḏam knew Ḥawwah his wife, and she conceived and bore Qayin, and said, “I have gained a man, יהוה.”

Genesis 48:4

and said to me, ‘See, I am making you fruitful and shall increase you and make of you an assembly of peoples, and give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.’

2 Samuel 3:5

and the sixth, Yithre‛am, by Dawiḏ’s wife Eḡlah. These were born to Dawiḏ in Ḥeḇron.

1 Chronicles 28:5

“And of all my sons – for יהוה has given me many sons – He has chosen my son Shelomoh to sit on the throne of the reign of יהוה over Yisra’ĕl,

1 Chronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty brave men, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. These were all sons of Binyamin.

Job 1:2

And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Isaiah 13:18

“And bows dash the young to pieces, and they have no compassion on the fruit of the womb, their eye spares no children.

Isaiah 8:18

Look, I and the children whom יהוה has given me – for signs and wonders in Yisra’ĕl from יהוה of hosts, who dwells in Mount Tsiyon.

Deuteronomy 28:11

“And יהוה shall make you to have plenty of what is good, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of which יהוה swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:4

“Blessed is the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock – the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

Judges 12:9

And he came to have thirty sons and thirty daughters – he sent abroad and brought in thirty daughters for his sons. And he ruled Yisra’ĕl seven years.

1 Samuel 1:27

“I prayed for this youth, and יהוה has granted me what I asked of Him.