Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Psalms · Psalm 127
Psalm 127:3
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2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
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4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
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- Colossians 3:21Shares a themeFathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.Shared with Parenting
- Proverbs 22:6Shares a themeTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.Shared with Parenting
- Isaiah 54:13Shares a themeAll your children will be taught by the LORD, and your children’s peace will be great.Shared with Parenting
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7Shares a themeThese words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.Shared with Parenting
- 3 John 4Shares a themeI have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.Shared with Parenting
- Ephesians 6:4Shares a themeYou fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Shared with Parenting