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Our children will live in your presence, and their children will remain with you."

The Lord has mercy on those who respect him, as a father has mercy on his children.

You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.

He said their children would be killed by other nations and that they would be scattered among other countries.

So the Lord became angry with his people and hated his own children.

Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.

Make his children wander around, begging for food. Let them be forced out of the ruins in which they live.

Let no one show him love or have mercy on his orphaned children.

Their descendants will be powerful in the land; the children of honest people will be blessed.

He gives children to the woman who has none and makes her a happy mother. Praise the Lord !

May the Lord give you success, and may he give you and your children success.

Children are a gift from the Lord ; babies are a reward.

Children who are born to a young man are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

Your wife will give you many children, like a vine that produces much fruit. Your children will bring you much good, like olive branches that produce many olives.

Parents will tell their children what you have done. They will retell your mighty acts,

He makes your city gates strong and blesses your children inside.

young men and women, old people and children.

My children, listen to your father's teaching; pay attention so you will understand.

"Now, my children, listen to me, because those who follow my ways are happy.

These are the wise words of Solomon: Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children make their mother sad.