Bible Verses About Having a Lot of Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for having a lot of children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 454 votes, led by Psalms 127:3-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Having a Lot of Children
Psalms 127:3-575 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 1:2873 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 127:346 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:1-530 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.
John 16:2121 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.
Proverbs 22:620 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 17:619 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Psalms 128:317 votes
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Ephesians 5:18-3216 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Timothy 2:1516 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Jeremiah 29:1115 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Proverbs 3:514 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Genesis 16:1013 votes
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Psalms 113:913 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Mark 10:13-1613 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Proverbs 13:2411 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Matthew 18:1011 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.
James 1:1711 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.
Ephesians 6:410 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Titus 2:1-1510 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
What does the Bible say about having a lot of children?
Readers most often cite Psalms 127:3-5 on the subject of having a lot of children. Across 454 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 127:1-5. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.