Bible Verses about “children are a blessing”
The Bible contains 27 verses about children are a blessing across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”
“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”
“But Jesus said, ‹Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.›”
“¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.”
“‹Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.›”
“[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.”
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.”
“¶ A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.”
“‹A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.›”
“And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD; and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.”
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
“Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”
“Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.”
“¶ A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.”
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.”
“Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.”
“The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.”
“¶ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.”