6 Bible Verses about Children, A Blessing

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of thy house, thy sons like olive plants round about thy table.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.

And having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we will be cheerful, because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.