Psalms 127:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty warrior, so are the children of one's 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 is their fathers.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.
  • Jer 50:9 : 9 For, behold, 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 battle array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be like those of a mighty expert warrior; none shall return empty.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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    5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

  • Ps 127:3
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    3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16 Their quiver is like an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Ps 144:12-13
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    12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

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

  • Ps 120:4
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    4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Ps 128:3-4
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    3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.

    4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

  • Ps 8:2
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    2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, you have ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

  • Ps 21:12
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    12 Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12 He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

    13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
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    35 He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

  • Ps 64:7
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    7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

  • Ps 18:34
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    34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is broken by my arms.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7 Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • 1 Sam 20:21-22
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    21 And behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them; then come: for there is peace to you, and no harm; as the LORD lives.

    22 But if I say thus to the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way: for the LORD has sent you away.

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    28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned to stubble by him.

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    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Ps 147:13
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    13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

  • Prov 14:26
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    26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.

  • Ps 7:13
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    13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Ps 17:14
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    14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.

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    4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

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    2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me;

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    14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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    9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

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

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

  • Ps 144:6
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    6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.

  • 1 Sam 20:36-37
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    36 And he said to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

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

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

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    4 And I will make youths their princes, and children shall rule over them.

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    16 Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth.

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    11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, and at the shining of Your glittering spear.

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    4 Their young ones grow strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.

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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 your arrows pierce deeply into me, and your hand presses me hard.

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    15 Foolishness is bound 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 their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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