Psalms 144:12
May our sons be like plants who grow to full size in their youth 1 and our daughters like carved corner pillars, shapely like those of a palace. 1
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Job 42:15In all the land no women were found as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.
Psalms 127:4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, 1 so are the children of one's youth. 1
Proverbs 31:10Who can find a capable wife? 1 Her value is far more than jewels. 1
Isaiah 3:16Yahweh says that because the daughters of Zion are proud, 1 they walk with their necks extended, 1 with flirting eyes, walking with tiny steps as they go, 1 making tinkling sounds from bracelets on their ankles. 1
Lamentations 4:2The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in pure gold, 1 but now they are worth no more than clay jars, the work of the potter's hands! 1
1 Peter 3:3Let it be done not with outward ornaments such as braided hair, jewels of gold, or fashionable 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 →