Psalms 144:12
Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
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Job 42:15And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.
Psalms 127:4Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
Proverbs 31:10Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
Isaiah 3:16Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
Lamentations 4:2The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!
1 Peter 3:3Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:10-15
Thanksgiving and Petitions; National Happiness Desired. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner… Read the whole commentary →