Psalm 128:2

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Summary

Psalm 128:2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Thou shalt eat

And it shall

Ephesians 6:3

General references

Bible References

Thou shalt eat

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

“Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his

reward.

The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

And it shall

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly.

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

General references

because Abraham

obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

There will be no work for Egypt

Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.