Psalms 127:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the 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 arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
  • Jer 50:9 : 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly 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 a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  • 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

  • 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Ps 144:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

    13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

  • 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

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

  • 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Ps 128:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

    4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

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    2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

  • 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    69%

    12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

  • 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

  • 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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    21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

    22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

  • 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

  • 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

  • 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

  • 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

  • 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  • 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

  • 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

  • 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

  • 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

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    36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out 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?

  • Ps 64:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

    4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

  • 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

  • 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

  • 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

  • 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

  • 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

  • 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

  • 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • 18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,