Zechariah 8:5
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
Jeremiah 30:19-20
Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.
Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots surrounding your table.
Psalm 144:12-15
May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.
Jeremiah 31:13
The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:27
"Look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah using people and animals as seed.
Jeremiah 33:11
the sounds of rejoicing and gladness, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, and the sounds of those saying, "Give thanks to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, for the LORD is good, and his gracious love lasts forever," as they bring thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple. For I'll restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' declares the LORD.
Lamentations 2:19
Get up and cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of every hour. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord! Lift up your hands toward him for the lives of your children, who are fainting away at every street corner.
Zechariah 2:4
That other angel told him, "Run and tell that young man: "Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it.
Matthew 11:16-17
"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,