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Psa. 144:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That our sons may be as plantsg grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, θpolished after the similitude of a palace:

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Psa. 128:3• ³Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. (Psa. 128:3)

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as plants.

Psa. 115:14‑15• ¹⁴Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children.
¹⁵Ye are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 115:14‑15)

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Psa. 127:4‑5• ⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
⁵Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate. (Psa. 127:4‑5)

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Psa. 128:3• ³Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. (Psa. 128:3)

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Isa. 44:3‑5• ³For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
⁴And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.
⁵One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand: I am Jehovah's, and surname himself by the name of Israel. (Isa. 44:3‑5)

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Lam. 4:2• ²The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (Lam. 4:2)

as corner stones.

Job 42:15• ¹⁵And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. (Job 42:15)

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Prov. 31:10‑27• ¹⁰Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.
¹¹The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
¹²She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
¹³She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
¹⁴She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;
¹⁵And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
¹⁶She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
¹⁷She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
¹⁸She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
¹⁹She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
²⁰She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
²¹She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
²²She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
²³Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
²⁴She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
²⁵Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.
²⁶She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
²⁷She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. (Prov. 31:10‑27)

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Isa. 3:16‑24• ¹⁶And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
¹⁷therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
¹⁹the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
²⁰the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
²¹the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
²²the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
²³the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
²⁴And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:16‑24)

polished.

Heb. cut.

the similitude.

Song of Sol. 8:8‑9• ⁸We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?--
⁹If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar. (Song of Sol. 8:8‑9)

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1 Peter 3:3‑6• ³whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
⁴but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
⁵For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
⁶as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation. (1 Peter 3:3‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace: