21 Bible Verses About Children Being a Blessing

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…