Job 21:11
They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.
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- Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
- Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. 5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.
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- Job 21:12-132 verses84%
12 They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.
13 They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
- Job 21:8-103 verses79%
8 Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
- Job 39:3-42 verses77%
3 They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.
4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.
- Ps 149:2-32 verses72%
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!
3 Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
- Ps 65:12-132 verses71%
12 The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy.
13 The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.
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12 you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
- Jer 31:12-132 verses70%
12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.
13 The LORD says,“At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
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5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.
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16 “To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,
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4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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13 Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.
- Jer 30:19-202 verses68%
19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
20 The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.
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21 They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
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15 The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
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12 The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.
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4 The LORD says,“I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.
- Isa 11:6-83 verses67%
6 A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
7 A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
8 A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.
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25 Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
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3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
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6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?
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38 The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
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2 But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
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4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
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12 They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.
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10 God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
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11 The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children– they will not enjoy pregnancy– they will not even conceive!
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32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
- Job 30:7-82 verses67%
7 They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.
8 Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
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15 Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
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5 And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
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13 The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.
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21 So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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20 For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.
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5 They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
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9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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10 you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,
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6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.
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7 The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.
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7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,