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 he increase your numbers, yours and your children's!
Psalm 127:4
Sons born during one's youth are like arrows in a warrior's hand.
Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
Lamentations 4:2
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
As corner stones
Job 42:15
Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.
Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.
Isaiah 3:16
The Lord says, "The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.
The similitude
Song of Songs 8:8
The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
1 Peter 3:3
Let your beauty not be external -- the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes --
General references
Amos 8:13
In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.