Genesis 1:28

New International Version

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(A) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(B) fill the earth^(C) and subdue it. Rule over^(D) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(E)”

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1 Timothy 5:14

New International Version

¹⁴So I counsel younger widows to marry,^(A) to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.^(B)

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Psalm 127:3-5

New International Version

³Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward^(A) from him.
⁴Like arrows^(B) in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.
⁵Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.^(C)
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents^(D) in court.^(E)

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Psalm 128:3

New International Version

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine^(A)
within your house;
your children^(B) will be like olive shoots^(C)
around your table.

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Proverbs 31:3-5

New International Version

³Do not spend your strength^[a] on women,
your vigor on those who ruin kings.^(A)

⁴It is not for kings, Lemuel—
    it is not for kings to drink wine,^(B)
    not for rulers to crave beer,
⁵lest they drink^(C) and forget what has been decreed,^(D)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.