"'Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. ...' declares the LORD" Isaiah 49:15-18, NIV

"Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD." Psalm 34:11, NIV
"Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him." Psalm 127:3, NIV