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Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.
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Psalms 127:3-5
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.
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Song of Solomon 3 1-Song of Solomon 3 2
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.So I said to myself,“ I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
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Psalms 30:7
Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
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Song of Solomon 2 4
He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.
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Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out,‘ Destroy them!’So Israel will live in safety, prosperous Jacob in security, in a land of grain and new wine, while the heavens drop down dew.How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
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Joshua 1:9
This is my command— be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.
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Job 23:3
If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
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Psalms 44:8-9
O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. InterludeBut now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.
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Job 42:13-16
He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren happuch.In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.
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Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble, why are you like a stranger to us? Why are you like a traveler passing through the land, stopping only for the night?
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Psalms 43:2
For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?
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Judges 6:12-13
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said,“ Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”“ Sir,” Gideon replied,“ if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say,‘ The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
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Job 23:8-10
I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I look to the south, but he is concealed.“ But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
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Job 1:2-5
He had seven sons and three daughters.He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.Job’s sons would take turns preparing feasts in their homes, and they would also invite their three sisters to celebrate with them.When these celebrations ended— sometimes after several days— Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself,“ Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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Matthew 9:15
Jesus replied,“ Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
