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 behold I raise up and bring up against Babel a convocation of great nations from the land of the north: and they arranged against her; from thence she shall be taken: his arrow as of a strong destroyer shall not turn back in vain.
So are children
Proverbs 17:6
The crown of old men, sons' sons: and the glory of sons their fathers.
Proverbs 31:28
Her sons rose up and they will call her happy; her husband, and he will praise her.
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.
Job 21:11
They will send forth their children as a flock, and their children will leap.