²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. ²² The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. ²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Phrases

Blessing of the Lord

From the Lord

Names

Jehovah

No

Cross References

Genesis 24:35

And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 26:12

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: and the LORD blessed him:

Psalm 37:22

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the earth; and they that are cursed by him shall be cut off.

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 14:23

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Joshua 6:18

And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

Joshua 7:1-26

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

1 Kings 21:19

And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

2 Kings 5:26-27

And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

Job 27:8-23

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Psalm 107:38

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.

Habakkuk 2:6-12

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Zechariah 5:4

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.