Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
In the city
In the field
General references
Bible References
In the city
Psalm 107:36
And there He has the hungry dwell,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,
And there He has the hungry dwell,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,
Psalm 128:1 Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience],
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
Psalm 144:12
Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,
And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;
Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,
And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;
Isaiah 65:21
“They will build houses and live in them;
They will plant vineyards and eat the fruit.
“They will build houses and live in them;
They will plant vineyards and eat the fruit.
Zechariah 8:3
Thus says the Lord, ‘I shall return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the [faithful] City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’
In the field
Genesis 26:12
Then Isaac planted [seed] in that land [as a farmer] and reaped in the same year a hundred times [as much as he had planted], and the Lord blessed and favored him.
Genesis 39:5
It happened that from the time that he made Joseph overseer in his house and [put him in charge] over all that he owned, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph; so the Lord’s blessing was on everything that Potiphar owned, in the house and in the field.
Amos 9:13
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,
And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,
And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].
Haggai 2:19
Is the seed still in the barn? As to the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree—they have not produced. Yet from this day on I will bless you [in the harvest of your crops].’”
Malachi 3:10
Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessing until there is no more room to receive it.
General references
Mark 10:16
And He took the children [one by one] in His arms and blessed them [with kind, encouraging words], placing His hands on them.