Job 1:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

An hedge

About

Thou hast blessed

Substance

Genesis 30:43

General references

Genesis 13:2

1 Samuel 30:19

Mark 5:12

Bible References

An hedge

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said, "Destroy!"

Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

The Lord's angel camps around the Lord's loyal followers and delivers them.

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.'"

who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

About

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me!

A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the Lord's loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

Thou hast blessed

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the Lord blessed him.

Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?"

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Substance

In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

General references

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."