Psalms 127:4
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
- Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] :
- Jer 50:9 : 9 For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
- Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
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5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
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16 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
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12 When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
13 [ When] our garners are full, affording all manner of store, [And] our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
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4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
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5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
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4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.
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2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
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12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
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12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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35 He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
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7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
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34 He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
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7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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21 And, behold, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and [ no hurt, as Jehovah liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away.
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28 The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
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2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
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24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
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13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
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26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
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13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts] .
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14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
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2 and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:
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14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
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18 And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
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6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
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36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
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3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
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4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.
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11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
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4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
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9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
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2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
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18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,