Psalm 128:3

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Cross-references

Psalm 127:5 Parallel

Psalm 127:5 also celebrates many children as divine blessing — children as arrows complement the olive shoot imagery here.

Psalm 144:12 depicts children as flourishing plants — directly parallels the children as olive shoots in Psalm 128:3.

Psalm 127:3 Parallel

In Psalm 127:3, children are called a heritage from God — directly reinforcing the blessing of children in the home here.

Psalm 52:8 Parallel

Psalm 52:8 describes a righteous person as a green olive tree — same olive imagery as the children in Psalm 128:3.

Genesis 1:28 is God's original blessing to humans to be fruitful — the fruitfulness here echoes that creational mandate.

Genesis 9:1 Allusion

Genesis 9:1 renews the fruitfulness command after the flood — the family blessing here aligns with that renewed mandate.

Deuteronomy 28:4 promises fruit of the womb as covenant blessing — same idea of blessed offspring seen here.

Ruth 4:11 Parallel

Ruth 4:11 blesses Ruth to be like the matriarchs who built up Israel — directly parallels the wife as fruitful vine building the house.

Job 5:25 Parallel

In Job 5:25, the promise of numerous descendants 'like the grass' directly parallels the olive shoot imagery — both depict abundant offspring.

In Proverbs 17:6, grandchildren are the crown of the aged — directly parallels the generational blessing of children and grandchildren.

Job 29:5 Allusion

In Job 29:5, children all around him recalls the 'olive shoots around your table' — same family blessing, now remembered nostalgically.

Proverbs 5:15-18 celebrates the wife's blessing as a fountain — parallels the fruitful vine wife in Psalm 128:3.

Genesis 49:22 compares Joseph to a fruitful vine — same vine imagery as the wife in Psalm 128:3.

Ezekiel 19:10 uses vine imagery for a mother/nation's fruitfulness — same image as the wife in Psalm 128:3.