 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak...  Records of the Life of the Rev. John Murray - Page 192by John Murray - 1827 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 402 pages
...that alone increases it. Of him is our fruit found, and to him is due all the glory. Children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1836 - 438 pages
...instruction, with regard to the management of all our concerns, temporal and spiritual. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. The labours of mankind, first in building houses and cities, and then in guarding and securing their... | |
 | 1837 - 556 pages
...sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that... | |
 | Martin Luther - History - 1837 - 408 pages
...sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 644 pages
...from the means, but from the author. It was for Solomon, that David sung of old ; Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. How oft doth God deny this heritage of heirs, where he gives the largest heritage of lands ; and gives... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 644 pages
...from the means, but from the author. It was for Solomon, that David sung of old ; Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. How oft doth God deny this heritage of heirs, where he gives the largest heritage of lands ; and gives... | |
 | 1840 - 420 pages
...before the evening on the lap of his mother. This reminds us of another source of disappointment. " Children are the heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.'' It is said, that " Eve conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord." Cain... | |
 | William Jenkyn - Bible - 1839 - 392 pages
...06*. 4. It is the duty of parents to be thankful, as Eve was, for their children. " Children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward," Psal. cxxvii. 3. God will be known to have the prerogative of open- pufd!?£?ordu. et ing the heavens,... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 406 pages
...visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.' As the Psalmist assures us that ' children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward,' ie an heritage from him and a reward given by him, it is the dictate of a pious mind always to refer... | |
 | John Murray - Universalist churches - 1839 - 336 pages
...took up the bible, which lay upon her desk, and the first scripture, which met my view, was the l%!7th Psalm. I glanced my eye upon the 3d verse of that Psalm : ' Lri, children are the heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward.' I did not... | |
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