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21 Bible Verses About Children Being a Blessing

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  • Psalm 127:3 calls children “a heritage from the Lord” and “a reward from him.”
  • Genesis 1:28 places “Be fruitful and increase in number” inside God’s blessing on the first man and woman.
  • Jacob introduces his family to Esau as “the children God has graciously given your servant” (Genesis 33:5), and Hannah says of Samuel, “the Lord has granted me what I asked of him” (1 Samuel 1:27).
  • In Mark 10:16 Jesus takes children in his arms, places his hands on them and blesses them, after the disciples had rebuked the people who brought them.
  • Deuteronomy 6:7 and Ephesians 6:4 give parents the work of teaching their children the Lord’s commands and instruction.

The Bible calls children a gift from God. Psalm 127:3 says so directly, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him,” and Psalm 128 counts children around the table as the blessing of a household. In the Gospels Jesus takes children in his arms and blesses them (Mark 10:13-16). In Psalm 127:3 the Hebrew word the NIV translates “children” is banim, the plural of ben, which means son and is also used for a child or…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 1121, בֵּן (ben): son, descendant, child. biblehub.com/hebrew/1121

Bible Hub Interlinear, Psalm 127:3, showing banim (Strong’s 1121), sons. biblehub.com/interlinear/psalms/127-3

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