Psalms 127:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
  • Job 42:12-16 : 12 And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 13 And he had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch; 15 And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers. 16 And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
  • Ps 18:47 : 47 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.
  • Job 1:2 : 2 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 127:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

    4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.

  • Ps 128:2-6
    5 verses
    73%

    2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

    3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

    5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

    6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.

  • Ps 137:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

    9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

  • Ps 147:13
    72%

    13 He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.

  • Jer 5:16
    72%

    16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

  • Ps 144:12-13
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    70%

    12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;

    13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

  • Ps 144:15
    70%

    15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

    25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

  • Prov 17:6
    69%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Job 5:4
    69%

    4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

  • Ps 17:14
    69%

    14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

  • Ps 112:2
    69%

    2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

  • Ps 84:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4 Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

    5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

  • Ps 113:9
    68%

    9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Lam 3:12-13
    2 verses
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    12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

    13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

  • Job 27:14
    68%

    14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

  • Ps 45:5
    68%

    5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

  • Ps 21:12
    67%

    12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
    67%

    5 Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

  • Deut 28:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

    5 A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

  • Judg 5:11
    67%

    11 Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.

  • Prov 31:28
    67%

    28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

  • Ps 37:19
    66%

    19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

  • Ps 120:4
    66%

    4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

  • Ps 64:7
    66%

    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

  • Ps 8:2
    66%

    2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

  • Ps 45:15
    66%

    15 With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

  • Ps 126:6
    66%

    6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.

  • Prov 14:26
    66%

    26 For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

  • Prov 27:11
    66%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Job 39:23
    66%

    23 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

  • Prov 20:7
    66%

    7 An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

  • Ps 115:14
    65%

    14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

  • Prov 8:32
    65%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 37:15
    65%

    15 But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Ps 58:7
    65%

    7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

  • Deut 28:55
    65%

    55 And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

  • Job 21:8
    65%

    8 Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

  • Ps 146:5
    65%

    5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: