Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
As corner stones
The similitude
General references
Bible References
As plants
Psalm 115:14
May the LORDgive you increase, you and your children!
Psalm 127:4
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter's hands!
As corner stones
Job 42:15
And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Proverbs 31:10
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
Isaiah 3:16
The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet,
The similitude
Song of Songs 8:8
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
1 Peter 3:3
Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear--
General references
Amos 8:13
"In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.