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Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
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Psalms 127:3-5
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.
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Song of Solomon 3 1-Song of Solomon 3 2
All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him.
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Psalms 30:7
Lord, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.
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Song of Solomon 2 4
Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
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Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying,‘ Destroy them!’So Israel will live in safety; Jacob will dwell secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.”
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Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
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Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
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Job 23:3
If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
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Psalms 44:8-9
In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
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Job 42:13-16
And he also had seven sons and three daughters.The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
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Jeremiah 14:8
You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?
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Psalms 43:2
You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
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Judges 6:12-13
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said,“ The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”“ Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied,“ but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said,‘ Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
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Job 23:8-10
“ But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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Job 1:2-5
He had seven sons and three daughters,and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking,“ Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.
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Matthew 9:15
Jesus answered,“ How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.