Bible Verses About Children Are a Blessing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for children are a blessing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 924 votes, led by Proverbs 17:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Children Are a Blessing
Proverbs 17:676 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Psalms 127:3-573 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:370 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 139:13-1643 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Matthew 18:1039 votes
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Genesis 1:2834 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Psalms 113:933 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Proverbs 22:630 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Psalms 127:1-529 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Matthew 19:1427 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
3 John 1:427 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Jeremiah 1:525 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 6:425 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Psalms 128:1-623 votes
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
Genesis 33:521 votes
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
John 16:2120 votes
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Isaiah 54:1319 votes
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
1 Timothy 2:1519 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Psalms 127:516 votes
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.
Mark 10:13-1616 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
James 1:1716 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Psalms 23:1-615 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Revelation 1:115 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Psalms 139:1314 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Matthew 18:1-314 votes
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
What does the Bible say about children are a blessing?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:6 on the subject of children are a blessing. Across 924 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 139:13-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.