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1 Samuel 2 8
He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap To seat them with nobles, And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the world on them.
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Job 21:11
They send out their boys like the flock, And their children dance.
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Isaiah 49:20-22
The children you lost will yet say in your ears,‘ The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.’Then you will say in your heart,‘ Who has fathered these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And cannot conceive, and I am an exile, and a wanderer? And who has raised these? Behold, I was left alone; Where are these from?’ ”This is what the Lord God says:“ Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My flag to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
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Psalms 78:52
But He led His own people out like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
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Job 5:11
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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Esther 8:15-17
Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal robe of violet and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.For the Jews there was light, joy, jubilation, and honor.In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was joy and jubilation for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, because the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.
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Job 8:7
Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
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1 Samuel 2 21
The Lord indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up before the Lord.
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Job 42:10-12
The Lord also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had.Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
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Job 11:15-19
Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral blemish, And you would be firmly established and not fear.For you would forget your trouble; Like waters that have passed by, you would remember it.Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would flatter you.
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Ruth 4:14-17
Then the women said to Naomi,“ Blessed is the Lord who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel.May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter in law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.And the neighbor women gave him a name, saying,“ A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Jeremiah 52:31-34
Now it came about in the thirty seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty fifth of the month, that Evil merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and had his meals in the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life.And as his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day, all the days of his life until the day of his death.
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Genesis 48:11
And Israel said to Joseph,“ I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well!”
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Genesis 23:5-7
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,“ Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the old, And the glory of sons is their fathers.
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Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.
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James 5:11
We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.
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Psalms 113:7-9
He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,To seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.He has the infertile woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 128:6
Indeed, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!