So now, You have been pleased to bless Your servant’s house that it may continue before You forever. For You, Lord, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever.

The Lord remembers us and will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron;

Now, please bless Your servant’s house so that it will continue before You forever. For You, Lord God, have spoken, and with Your blessing Your servant’s house will be blessed forever.

These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse those who treat you with contempt,
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.

He who comes in the name
of the Lord is blessed.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.

Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”

We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

I have indeed received a command to bless;
since He has blessed, I cannot change it.

He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.

Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

The Lord of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance are blessed.”

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil—the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you.

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up. Praise Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting.”

Praise Your glorious name,
and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

You will be blessed in the city
and blessed in the country.

You will be blessed when you come in
and blessed when you go out.

The Lord will grant you a blessing on your storehouses and on everything you do; He will bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Whoever is blessed in the land
will be blessed by the God of truth,
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight.

Jael is most blessed of women,
the wife of Heber the Kenite;
she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.

Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.

I will make them and the area around My hill a blessing: I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing.

May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said:

Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.

May peoples serve you
and nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brothers;
may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Those who curse you will be cursed,
and those who bless you will be blessed.

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed!”

So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

Esau said to his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.

Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.”

From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The Lord’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.

When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

Then all the people left for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated to the Lord, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.

His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.

He will bless those who fear the Lord—
small and great alike.

May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Ammiel the sixth,
Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth,
for God blessed him.

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering.

Moses and Aaron then entered the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.

Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.

In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.

May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life

I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.

It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.

May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.

All You have made will thank You, Lord;
the godly will praise You.

For He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your children within you.

Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,
but He blesses the home of the righteous;

Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.

The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and struggle adds nothing to it.

A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.

People will curse anyone who hoards grain,
but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.

I will appoint My blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

An inheritance gained prematurely
will not be blessed ultimately.

A generous person will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and a generous blessing will come to them.

If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.

“Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

May Yahweh bless you and protect you;

In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.

Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:

Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began bringing the offering to the Lord’s temple, we eat and are satisfied and there is plenty left over because the Lord has blessed His people; this abundance is what is left over.”