Thematic Bible: Blessings


Thematic Bible



"The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become wealthy. He has provided him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.

You take care of the earth, you water it, and you enrich it greatly with the river of God that overflows with water. You provide grain for them, for you have ordained it this way.

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

I'm also giving you what you haven't requested: both riches and honor, so that no other king will be comparable to you during your lifetime.

So the ark of the LORD remained for three months in the household of Obed-edom the Gittite while the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.

Though I've led you for 40 years in the desert, neither your clothes nor your shoes have worn out.


Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle.

May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.


the angel who has been rescuing me from all sorts of evil, bless these young men. May my name continue to live on within them, including the names of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a vast multitude throughout the earth."

Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women.

That's how Joshua blessed them. Then he sent them on their way and they returned to their tents.

Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing.

So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Jephunneh's son Caleb for his inheritance.

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you descendants from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD." Then they would return to their home.

Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.

So Jacob drew closer to kiss him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his son's clothes, he blessed him and said, "How my son's scent is the fragrance of the field that the LORD has blessed.

But King David declined, saying to Absalom, "No, my son, we won't all go, since that would be too much trouble for you." Although Absalom begged David, he would not go, even though he did give his blessing.


However, the LORD your God didn't listen to Balaam. The LORD your God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, because the LORD your God loves you.

So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever."

Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm

This person will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

And may those who pass by never tell them, "May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." A Song of Ascents

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing life everlasting. A Song of Ascents



Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,



May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you. Amen.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.




I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.

And as for Ishmael, I've heard you. I'll bless him, and he'll have many descendants. I will multiply him greatly, he'll father twelve tribal leaders, and I'll cause his descendants to become a great nation.

"Please," Jacob inquired, "Tell me your name." But he asked, "Why are you asking about my name?" And he blessed Jacob there.

The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!"


When you come into town you can find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people don't eat until he arrives, because he must bless the sacrifice and then after that those who are invited will eat. So go up right now because you can find him now."

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks. Then he broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.




"Go," Jesus told the centurion, "and it will be done for you, just as you have believed." And his servant was healed that very hour.

Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith, let it be done for you!" And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly told them, "See to it that nobody knows about this."


Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.


The LORD told Abram, "You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father's house and go to the land that I'm going to show you. I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you, but I'll curse the one who curses you, and through you all the people of the earth will be blessed."

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

The angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, "I have taken an oath to swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that since you have carried this out and have not withheld your only unique son, I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in heaven and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies. read more.
Furthermore, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my command."

Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham. I'll cause you to have as many descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I'll certainly give all these lands to your descendants. Later on, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will bless one another.


In the same way, Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham's real descendants. Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."


"You have heard that it was said, "You must love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who insult you.



Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm


This what the LORD says, the one who made you, formed you from the womb, and who will help you: "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. For I'll pour water upon thirsty ground and streams on parched land. So will I pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.


Indeed, the wicked will perish. The LORD's enemies will be consumed like flowers in the fields. They will vanish like smoke. The wicked borrow but never pay back; but the righteous are generous and give. For those blessed by God will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.




An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.


It will come about at that time that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine, the hills will flow with milk, and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly. A fountain will spring from the Temple of the LORD, to water the Valley of the Acacias. Egypt will be desolate, and Edom will be a desert, because of violence against the people of Judah since they shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah will live forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. read more.
I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted. For the LORD lives in Zion!"


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