Psalm 128:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

Your wife will be as fruitful as a grapevine, and just as an olive tree is rich with olives, your home will be rich with healthy children.

Cross References

Ezekiel 19:10

Your mother was a vine like you, growing near a stream. There was plenty of water, so she was filled with branches and with lots of fruit.

Psalm 52:8

But I am like an olive tree growing in God's house, and I can count on his love forever and ever.

Romans 11:24

After all, it wasn't natural for branches to be cut from a wild olive tree and to be made part of a cultivated olive tree. So it is much more likely that God will join the natural branches back to the cultivated olive tree.

Genesis 49:22

Joseph, you are a fruitful vine growing near a stream and climbing a wall.

Jeremiah 11:16

Once you were like an olive tree covered with fruit. But soon I will send a noisy mob to break off your branches and set you on fire.

Psalm 144:12

Let's pray that our young sons will grow like strong plants and that our daughters will be as lovely as columns in the corner of a palace.

Psalm 127:5

The more you have, the better off you will be, because they will protect you when your enemies attack you in court.

1 Chronicles 8:40

Ulam's sons were brave soldiers who were experts at using a bow and arrows. They had a total of 150 children and grandchildren. All of these belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.