Psalm 127:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³Behold, ^(A)children are a ^[a]gift of the Lord,
The ^(B)fruit of the womb is a reward.
⁴Like arrows in the hand of a ^(C)warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
⁵^(D)Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
^(E)They will not be ashamed
When they ^(F)speak with their enemies ^(G)in the gate.

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Psalm 127:3 Or heritage

Proverbs 22:6

New American Standard Bible

⁶^(A)Train up a child ^[a]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Proverbs 22:6 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

New American Standard Bible

Obey God and Prosper

6 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it, ²so that you, your son, and your grandson will ^(A)fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, ^(B)all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. ³Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that ^(C)it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has ^[a]promised you, in ^(D)a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁴“^(E)Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the ^(F)Lord is one! ⁵And ^(G)you shall love the Lord your God ^(H)with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ⁶^(I)These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. ⁷And ^(J)you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. ⁸^(K)You shall also tie them as a ^[b]sign to your ^[c]hand, and they shall be as ^[d]frontlets ^[e]on your forehead. ⁹^(L)You shall also write them on the ^[f]doorposts of your house and on your gates.