Psalm 128:3

New Living Translation

Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.

Cross References

Genesis 49:22

“Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring— one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.

1 Chronicles 8:40

Ulam’s sons were all mighty warriors and expert archers. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were descendants of Benjamin.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.

Psalm 127:5

How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

Psalm 52:8

But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.

Jeremiah 11:16

I, the Lord, once called them a thriving olive tree, beautiful to see and full of good fruit. But now I have sent the fury of their enemies to burn them with fire, leaving them charred and broken.

Ezekiel 19:10

“Your mother was like a vine planted by the water’s edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water.

Romans 11:24

You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong.