Children are an inheritance from the Lord
							
																								
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									 Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
								
							 
																								
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									It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
								
							 
																								
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									Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
								
							 
																								
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									As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
								
							 
																								
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									Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.