3 Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. They are a blessing from him.4 The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.5 Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

9 He makes a childless woman a joyful mother. Praise Jehovah!

28 God blessed them and said to them: »Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.«

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

18 »Take these words of mine to heart and keep them in mind. Write them down, tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands to remind you.19 »Teach them to your children! Talk about them in your home and away. Speak of them when you lie down or get up.

21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.

17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest. Yes, he will give you delight.

5 »Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.«

13 For you formed my inward parts. You wove me in my mother's womb.14 I will praise you, for in an awesome way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful and I know this very well.15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths of the earth.

2 From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger.

14 Jesus said: »Let the little ones children come to me. Do not keep them away: for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.«