having a lot of children
Genesis Chapter 1:28
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.
Psalm Chapter 127:1
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.
Psalm Chapter 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Psalm Chapter 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalm Chapter 127:4
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalm Chapter 127:5
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.
Proverbs Chapter 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs Chapter 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
John Chapter 16:21
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.