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 will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
So are children
Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.