Psalm 127:5
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5 Happy is the man who has
his quiver full of them.
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.(A)
Proverbs 27:11
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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)
Job 42:12-16
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12 The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.(A) 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.(B) 14 He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. 15 In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and his children’s children, four generations.(C)
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Job 5:4
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4 Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.(A)
Genesis 50:23
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23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.
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Psalm 18:47
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47 the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,(A)
Job 1:2
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2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.(A)
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