Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Arrows
So are children
General references
Bible References
Arrows
Jeremiah 50:9
For lo! I am rousing and bringing up against Babylon a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured, - His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return empty.
So are children
Proverbs 17:6
The crown of old men, consists of children's children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her: -
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Job 21:11
They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;