In the biblical view, children are a blessing from God, bringing joy and fulfillment to families. The book of Psalms teaches that sons are a heritage from the Lord, and that children born to the young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior, enabling parents to stand strong against the forces of evil. According to Genesis, God's original command to humanity included being fruitful and multiplying, filling the earth with image-bearers of the divine. Proverbs adds that training children in the way they should go is crucial, so they will not depart from it as they grow older, emphasizing the importance of parenting and discipleship.
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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved. Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.