Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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.

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows. But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD. May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.