Verse 3

Lo, children{H1121} are an heritage{H5159} of the LORD{H3068}: and the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990} is his reward{H7939}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} shall be the fruit{H6529} of thy body{H990}, and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground{H127}, and the fruit{H6529} of thy cattle{H929}, the increase{H7698} of thy kine{H504}, and the flocks{H6251} of thy sheep{H6629}.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the women{H802} and the children{H3206}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who are those{H428} with thee? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, The children{H3206} which God{H430} hath graciously given{H2603}{(H8804)} thy servant{H5650}.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wife{H802} shall be as a fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} vine{H1612} by the sides{H3411} of thine house{H1004}: thy children{H1121} like olive{H2132} plants{H8363} round about{H5439} thy table{H7979}. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man{H1397} be blessed{H1288}{(H8792)} that feareth{H3373} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Josh 24:3-4 : 3 And I took{H3947}{(H8799)} your father{H1} Abraham{H85} from the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, and led{H3212}{(H8686)} him throughout all the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} his seed{H2233}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him Isaac{H3327}. 4 And I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} unto Isaac{H3327} Jacob{H3290} and Esau{H6215}: and I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} unto Esau{H6215} mount{H2022} Seir{H8165}, to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it; but Jacob{H3290} and his children{H1121} went down{H3381}{(H8804)} into Egypt{H4714}.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God{H430} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, and God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Be fruitful{H6509}{(H8798)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)}, and replenish{H4390}{(H8798)} the earth{H776}, and subdue it{H3533}{(H8798)}: and have dominion{H7287}{(H8798)} over the fish{H1710} of the sea{H3220}, and over the fowl{H5775} of the air{H8064}, and over every living thing{H2416} that moveth{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children{H3206} whom the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} me are for signs{H226} and for wonders{H4159} in Israel{H3478} from the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, which dwelleth{H7931}{(H8802)} in mount{H2022} Zion{H6726}.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 Their bows{H7198} also shall dash{H7376} the young men{H5288} to pieces{H7376}{(H8762)}; and they shall have no pity{H7355}{(H8762)} on the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990}; their eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347}{(H8799)} children{H1121}.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful{H6509}{(H8688)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thee, and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} of thee a multitude{H6951} of people{H5971}; and will give{H5414}{(H8804)} this land{H776} to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} for an everlasting{H5769} possession{H272}.
  • 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons{H1121},(for the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} me many{H7227} sons{H1121},) he hath chosen{H977}{(H8799)} Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121} to sit{H3427}{(H8800)} upon the throne{H3678} of the kingdom{H4438} of the LORD{H3068} over Israel{H3478}.
  • Gen 41:51-52 : 51 And Joseph{H3130} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of the firstborn{H1060} Manasseh{H4519}: For God{H430}, said he, hath made me forget{H5382}{(H8765)} all my toil{H5999}, and all my father's{H1} house{H1004}. 52 And the name{H8034} of the second{H8145} called{H7121}{(H8804)} he Ephraim{H669}: For God{H430} hath caused me to be fruitful{H6509}{(H8689)} in the land{H776} of my affliction{H6040}.
  • Gen 15:4-5 : 4 And, behold, the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, This shall not be thine heir{H3423}{(H8799)}; but he that shall come forth{H3318}{(H8799)} out of thine own bowels{H4578} shall be thine heir{H3423}{(H8799)}. 5 And he brought him forth{H3318}{(H8686)} abroad{H2351}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Look{H5027}{(H8685)} now toward heaven{H8064}, and tell{H5608}{(H8798)} the stars{H3556}, if thou be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to number{H5608}{(H8800)} them: and he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, So{H3541} shall thy seed{H2233} be.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} Rebekah{H7259}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, Thou{H859} art our sister{H269}, be thou{H1961}{(H8798)} the mother of thousands{H505} of millions{H7233}, and let thy seed{H2233} possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the gate{H8179} of those which hate{H8130}{(H8802)} them.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 And when Rachel{H7354} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that she bare{H3205}{(H8804)} Jacob{H3290} no children, Rachel{H7354} envied{H7065}{(H8762)} her sister{H269}; and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jacob{H3290}, Give{H3051}{(H8798)} me children{H1121}, or else{H369} I die{H4191}{(H8801)}. 2 And Jacob's{H3290} anger{H639} was kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} against Rachel{H7354}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Am I in God's{H430} stead, who hath withheld{H4513}{(H8804)} from thee the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990}?
  • 1 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 And they rose up{H7925} in the morning{H1242} early{H7925}{(H8686)}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to their house{H1004} to Ramah{H7414}: and Elkanah{H511} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} Hannah{H2584} his wife{H802}; and the LORD{H3068} remembered{H2142}{(H8799)} her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time{H3117} was come{H8622} about after Hannah{H2584} had conceived{H2029}{(H8799)}, that she bare{H3205}{(H8799)} a son{H1121}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} his name{H8034} Samuel{H8050}, saying, Because I have asked{H7592}{(H8804)} him of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child{H5288} I prayed{H6419}{(H8694)}; and the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8799)} me my petition{H7596} which I asked{H7592}{(H8804)} of him:
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli{H5941} blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} Elkanah{H511} and his wife{H802}, and said{H559}{(H8804)}, The LORD{H3068} give{H7760}{(H8799)} thee seed{H2233} of this woman{H802} for the loan{H7596} which is lent{H7592}{(H8804)} to the LORD{H3068}. And they went{H1980}{(H8804)} unto their own home{H4725}. 21 And{H3588} the LORD{H3068} visited{H6485}{(H8804)} Hannah{H2584}, so that she conceived{H2029}{(H8799)}, and bare{H3205}{(H8799)} three{H7969} sons{H1121} and two{H8147} daughters{H1323}. And the child{H5288} Samuel{H8050} grew{H1431}{(H8799)} before{H5973} the LORD{H3068}.