Psalms 127:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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