Deuteronomy 28:3

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Summary

Deuteronomy 28:3

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

In the city

Zechariah 8:3

In the field

Malachi 3:10

General references

Mark 10:16

Bible References

In the city

There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.

May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

People will build houses and live in them; They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

"This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and I will live in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be called, "The City of Truth" and the mountain of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will be called, "The Holy Mountain".'

In the field

Isaac received a 100-fold return on what he planted that year in the land he received, because the LORD blessed him.

From the time he appointed Joseph to be overseer over his entire household and everything that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The LORD's blessing rested on Joseph, whether in Potiphar's household or in Potiphar's fields.

"Look! The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the one who sows will overtake the harvester and the treader of grapes will overtake the planter. Fresh wine will drip down from the mountains, cascading down from the hills.

Is there seed left in the granary? Up until now, neither the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, nor the olive tree has borne fruit, but from this very day I will bless you.'"

"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. So put me to the test in this right now," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and see if I won't throw open the windows of heaven for you and pour out on you blessing without measure.

General references

Then after he had hugged the children, he tenderly blessed them as he laid his hands on them.