Job 27:14

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.

2 Kings 9:7-8

You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.

2 Kings 10:6-10

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying:

If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your master’s sons at this time tomorrow at Jezreel.

All 70 of the king’s sons were being cared for by the city’s prominent men.

Esther 5:11

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Esther 9:5-10

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Job 15:22

He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;
he is destined for the sword.

Job 20:10

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Job 21:11-12

They let their little ones run around like lambs;
their children skip about,

Psalm 109:13

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

Hosea 9:13-14

I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.

Luke 23:29

Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

His offspring

Bible References

His offspring

1 Samuel 2:5
Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.

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