Job 29:5
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
BSB
ASV
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
KJV
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
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Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
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Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their…
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Song of Solomon 2:4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
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Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right…
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.