CHILDREN, A BLESSING

Genesis 5:29

29. And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

Genesis 30:1

1. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no CHILDREN, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me CHILDREN, or else I die.

Psalms 127:3-5

3. Lo, CHILDREN are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are CHILDREN of the youth.

5. 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.

Proverbs 17:6

6. CHILDREN's CHILDREN are the crown of old men; and the glory of CHILDREN are their fathers.

Isaiah 54:1

1. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the CHILDREN of the desolate than the CHILDREN of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 20:15

15. Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.