28 Bible Verses about Benedictions

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Numbers 6:23-27

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, So shall ye praise the sons of Israel, saying to them, Jehovah shall praise thee, and watch thee. Jehovah shall make his face shine upon thee and shall compassionate thee.read more.
Jehovah shall lift up his face to thee, and put peace to thee. And they put my name upon the sons of Israel and I will praise them.

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests, the sons of Levi, came near, for in them Jehovah thy God chose to serve him and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth shall be every controversy and every blow.

1 Samuel 2:20

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah will set up to thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to Jehovah. And they went to his place.

2 Chronicles 30:27

And the priests the Levites will rise up and bless the people: and he will hear to their voice, and their prayer will come to the dwelling of his holy place to the heavens.

1 Kings 8:54-61

And it will be as Solomon finished praying to Jehovah all this supplication and prayer, he rose from the face of the altar of Jehovah, from bending upon his knees and his hands spread forth to the heavens. And he will stand and bless all the convocation of Israel with a great voice, saying, Blessed Jehovah who gave rest to his people Israel, according to all which he spake: there fell not one word from all his good word which he spake by the hand of Moses his servantread more.
Jehovah our God will be with us as he was with our fathers: he will not forsake us, and he will not cast us off. To incline our heart to him, to go in all his ways, and to watch his commands and his laws and his judgments which he commanded our fathers. And these words which I supplicated before Jehovah shall be drawing near to Jehovah our God day and night, to do the judgment of his servant and the judgment of his people Israel, the word of a day in its day. For all the people of the earth to know that Jehovah he is God, none besides. And your hearts be perfect with Jehovah our God to go in his laws, and to watch his commands as this day.

Genesis 14:18-20

And Melchise-dek, king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine: and he is priest of the most high God. And he will bless him, and will say, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessing the heavens and the earth. And praised be the most high God who delivered thine oppressors into thy hand; and he will give him of the tenth of all.

2 Samuel 6:20

And David turned back to bless his house. And Michal, Saul's daughter, will go forth to the meeting of David, and she will say, How honored the king of Israel this day who was uncovered this day to the eyes of the maids of his servants as one of the worthless uncovering was uncovered!

2 Chronicles 6:3-11

And the king will turn his face, and will bless all the convocation of Israel: and all the convocation of Israel stood. And he will say, Praised be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and filled up with his hands, saying, From the day, that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose not in a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there; and I chose not in man to be leader over my people Israel.read more.
And I will choose in Jerusalem for my name to be there; and I will choose in David to be over my people Israel. And it will be with the heart of David my father to build a house to the name of Jehovah God of Israel And Jehovah will say to David my father, Because it was with thy heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it was with thy heart But thou shalt not build the house; for thy son coming forth from thy loins, he shall build the house to my name. And Jehovah will raise up the word that he spake: and I shall rise up instead of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel according to the word of Jehovah; and I will build the house to the name of Jehovah God of Israel. And there I will set the ark where is there the covenant of Jehovah which he cut out with the sons of Israel

Joshua 22:6-8

And Joshua will bless them and will send them away; and they will go to their tents. And to half the tribe of Manasseh, Moses gave in Bashan: and to its half Joshua gave with their brethren from beyond Jordan to the sea. And also when Joshua sent them away to their tents he will bless them, And he will say to them, saying, With much riches turn back to your tents, and with exceeding many cattle, with silver and with gold and with brass and with iron and with exceeding many garments: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

Deuteronomy 33:1-29

And this the blessing which Moses the man of God praised the sons of Israel before his death. And he will say, Jehovah came from mount Sinai, and he rose up from Seir to them; he shone forth from mount Peran, he came from ten thousand of Kadesh; from his right hand a fire of law for them. Surely, he loved the peoples; all his holy ones in thy hand: they lay down at thy foot; and he will take of thy words.read more.
Moses commanded a law for us, the inheritance of the gathering of Jacob. And he will be king in Jeshurun, in the gathering the heads of the people, he united together the tribes of Israel. Reuben shall live and shall not die; and his men shall be of number. And this to Judah: and he will say, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, and thou wilt bring him to his people; his hands a multitude for him, and thou wilt be a help from his aversaries. And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention. He saying to his father and to his mother, I saw him not, and his brethren he knew not, and he knew not his sons; for they watched thy sayings and they will keep thy covenant. And they shall teach thy judgments to Jacob, and thy law to Israel; they will put incense at thy nose, and whole burnt-offerings upon thine altar. Bless, Jehovah, his strength, and thou wilt accept the work of his hands: smite through and through the loins of those rising up against him, and those hating him, lest they shall rise up. To Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell confidently by him; he covered over him all the day, and he dwelt between his shoulders. And to Joseph he said, His land from the blessing of Jehovah, from the most excellent of the heavens, from the dew and from the deep reclining beneath, And from the most excellent of the produce of the sun, and from the most excellent thrust forth of the moons, And from the head of the mountains of the beginning, and from the most excellent of the perpetual hills, And from the most excellent of the earth and its fulness, and the acceptance of him dwelling in the bramble: it shall come to the head of Joseph, and to the crown of the consecrated of his brethren. The honor to him the first-born of the bullock, his horns the horns of the unicorn: with them he will thrust the peoples together to the extremity of the earth: these the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these the thousands of Manasseh And to Zebulon he said, Rejoice, Zebulon, in thy going forth, and Issachar, in thy tents. They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of justice, for they shall suck the abundance of the sea, and the bidden things hid in the sand. And to Gad he said, Blessed he enlarging Gad: he dwelt as a lion, and he tore up the arm, also the crown. And he will see the first-fruits to himself, for there the portion of the ruler he covered: and he will mark out the heads of the people; he did the justice of Jehovah, and his judgments with Israel. And to Dan he said, Dan a lion's whelp: he shall spring forth from Bashan. And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali satisfied with acceptance, and filled with the blessing of Jehovah, he shall possess the sea and the south. And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil. Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest. None as the God of Jeshurun, riding the heavens in thy help and in his lifting up the choirs. The God of the beginning testifying, and underneath, the perpetual arms: and he will thrust out the enemy from before thee, and will say, Destroy. And Israel shall dwell confidently alone; the eye of Jacob upon a land of grain and new wine, also his heavens shall drop dew. Happy, thou, Israel: who like thee, a people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help, and who the sword of thy lifting up and thine enemies will lie to thee, and thou wilt tread upon their heights.

Ruth 1:8-9

And Naomi will say to her two daughters-in-law, Go, turn back each to the house of her mother: Jehovah will do mercy with you according as ye did with the dead, and with me. Jehovah will give to you, and find ye rest, each in the house of her husband And she will kiss to them, and they will lift up their voice and weep.

Genesis 24:60

And they will bless Rebekah and will say to her, Thou our sister; be thou into thousands of ten thousands, and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.

Genesis 27:27-29

And he will come near, and will kiss him: and he will smell the smell of his garment, and he will bless him, and he will say, See, the smell of my son as the smell of a field which Jehovah praised. And God will give to thee from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and a multiude of corn and new wine. And nations shall serve thee, and peoples shall bow down to thee; be lord over thy brother, and thy mother's sons shall bow down to thee: cursed he cursing thee, and blessed he praising thee.

Genesis 48:9-22

And Joseph will say to his father, They are my sons which God gave me here. And he will say, Bring them now to me, and I will bless them. And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them. And Israel will say to Joseph, To see thy face I thought not; and behold, God caused me to see also thy seed.read more.
And Joseph will bring them forth from his knees, and will bow himself with his face to the earth. And Joseph will take the two, Ephraim in his right hand from Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand from Israel's right hand, and will draw near to him. And Israel will put forth his right hand, and will place upon Ephraim's head, and he the small; and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, attending to his hands wisely; for Manasseh was the first-born. And he will bless Joseph, and will say, God, before whom my fathers went, Abraham and Isaak, the God having fed me, from ever since I was till this day. The messenger redeeming me from all evil, shall bless the youths; and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak and they shall be increased into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And Joseph will see that his father will put his right hand upon Ephraim's head, and it will be evil in his eyes: and he will take hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph will say to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father will refuse and will say, I knew my son, I knew: this also shall be into a people, and this also shall be great: and yet his brother the small, shall be great more than he, and his seed shall be a fulness of nations. And he will bless them in that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, Will God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he will set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel will say to Joseph, I am dying: and God was with you and turned you back to the land of your fathers. And I gave to thee one shoulder over thy brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Genesis 49:1-28

And Jacob will call to his sons, and will say, Be ye gathered together, and I will announce to you what shall happen to you in the last part of the days. Be gathered together, and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hear to Israel your father. Reuben, my first-born, thou my strength, and the beginning of my strength, the abundance of elevation, and the abundance of mightread more.
Vain glorious as water, thou shalt not be preeminent; for thou didst go up out of thy father's. bed; then didst thou defile, going up to my couch. Simon and Levi brethren; their swords instruments of violence. My soul shall not come into their consultation; in their assembly, my honor shall not be united, for in their anger they killed a man and in their will, houghed a bullock. Cursed their anger, for it was hard; and their wrath, for it was hardened: I will divide them in Jacob, and I will disperse them in Israel Judah, thee, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand upon the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall worship before thee. Judah, a lion's whelp; from the green leaf, my son, thou didst go up: bending, lying down, as a lion, and as a lioness: who shall raise him up? The rod shall not depart from Judah, and a leader from between his feet, till that Shiloh shall come: and to him the obedience of the nations. Binding his colt to the vine, and to the purple vine the son of the she-ass; he washed in wine his garment, and his clothing in the blood of grapes. The eyes flashing from wine, the teeth white from milk. Zebulon shall dwell by the coast of the sea; and he by a coast of ships, and the extremities, even to Zidon. Issachar, an ass; a heap of bone lying down in the midst of the tribes. And he will see the rest that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he extended his shoulder to bear, and he will be a servant to tribute. Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent upon. the way, creeping upon the path, biting the heels of the horse and his beast for riding shall fall behind. I waited for thy deliverance, Jehovah. Gad, a troop, shall press upon him; and this shall press upon the heel. From Asher his bread, fat, and he will give the dainties of a king. Naphtali a mighty shoot, giving fair words. Joseph a fruitful son, a fruitful son upon a fountain, the daughters mounting over a wall. This adversary will embitter him, and the lords of the arrows will lie in wait. And his bow will dwell in strength, and the seed of his hands will be firm by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob; from whence the shepherd, the stone of Israel By the God of thy father, and he will help thee, and by the Almighty, and he will bless thee with the blessing of the heavens above, the blessing of the sea lying under, the blessing of the breasts and the womb. The blessings of thy father were strong above the blessings of the everlasting mountains; the delight of the eternal hills, they shall be upon the head of Joseph and upon the crown of the head of him separated from his brethren. Benjamin, a Wolf, tearing in pieces; in the morning will he eat the prey, and at evening he will divide the prey. All these tribes of Israel, twelve: and this what their father spake to them, and he will bless them; each according to his blessing he blessed them.

1 Corinthians 16:23

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ with you:

Galatians 1:2-5

And with me all the brethren, to the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, Having given himself for our sins, that he might take us away out of this present evil time, according to the will of God and our Father:read more.
To whom the glory for the time of times. Amen.

Ephesians 1:2

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,

Revelation 22:21

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21

And the God of peace, having brought up from the dead, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus Christ, Put you in proper order in every good work for doing his will, doing in you the thing pleasing before him, by Jesus Christ; to whom glory for the time of times. Amen.

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Benedictions » Old testament examples of

Leviticus 9:22

And Aaron will lift up his hand to the people, and bless them; and come down from the doing the sin, and the burnt-offering, and the peace.

Numbers 6:23

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, So shall ye praise the sons of Israel, saying to them,

Joshua 22:6

And Joshua will bless them and will send them away; and they will go to their tents.

2 Samuel 6:18

And David will finish bringing up the burnt-offering and the peace, and he will bless the people in the name of Jehovah of armies.

1 Kings 8:55

And he will stand and bless all the convocation of Israel with a great voice, saying,

More verses: 1 Chronicles 16:2

Benedictions » Apostolic

Jude 1:24

And to him able to watch yourselves from falling, and to place blameless before his glory with transport of joy,

2 Thessalonians 3:18

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Revelation 22:21

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Benedictions » Other passages appropriate to use as

Benedictions » Instances of » By half the tribes, who stood on mount gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29-30

And it was when Jehovah thy. God shall bring thee in to the land where thou goest in there to possess it, and give thou the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the cursing upon mount Ebal. Are they not in the other side of Jordan behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite dwelling in the desert over against Gilgal, by the oaks of Moreh?

Deuteronomy 27:11-13

And Moses will command the people in that day, saying, These shall stand to bless the people upon mount Gerizim, in your passing over Jordan; Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar, and Joseph and Benjamin: And these shall stand for a cursing upon Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulon, Dan and Naphtali.

Joshua 8:33

All Israel and his old men and scribes, and his judges stood hence, and thence, to the ark before the priests the Levites, lifting up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, so the stranger as the native; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel in the beginning.

Benedictions » Divinely appointed

Deuteronomy 10:8

In that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to lift up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to serve him, and to praise in his name, even to this day.

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests, the sons of Levi, came near, for in them Jehovah thy God chose to serve him and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth shall be every controversy and every blow.

Numbers 6:23-26

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, So shall ye praise the sons of Israel, saying to them, Jehovah shall praise thee, and watch thee. Jehovah shall make his face shine upon thee and shall compassionate thee. read more.
Jehovah shall lift up his face to thee, and put peace to thee.

Benedictions » Instances of » By solomon, upon the people

1 Kings 8:14

And thy king will turn his face round and bless all the convocation of Israel; and all the convocation of Israel stood;

1 Kings 8:55-58

And he will stand and bless all the convocation of Israel with a great voice, saying, Blessed Jehovah who gave rest to his people Israel, according to all which he spake: there fell not one word from all his good word which he spake by the hand of Moses his servant Jehovah our God will be with us as he was with our fathers: he will not forsake us, and he will not cast us off. read more.
To incline our heart to him, to go in all his ways, and to watch his commands and his laws and his judgments which he commanded our fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:3

And the king will turn his face, and will bless all the convocation of Israel: and all the convocation of Israel stood.

Benedictions » Instances of » By isaac » Upon jacob

Genesis 27:23-29

And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of Esau, his brother of hair: and he will praise him. And he will say, Thou this my son Esau? and he will say, I. And he will say, Bring near to me, and eating of my son's hunting, so that my soul shall praise thee. And he will bring near to him and he will eat: and he will bring wine to him, and he will drink read more.
And Isaak his father will say to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son. And he will come near, and will kiss him: and he will smell the smell of his garment, and he will bless him, and he will say, See, the smell of my son as the smell of a field which Jehovah praised. And God will give to thee from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and a multiude of corn and new wine. And nations shall serve thee, and peoples shall bow down to thee; be lord over thy brother, and thy mother's sons shall bow down to thee: cursed he cursing thee, and blessed he praising thee.

Genesis 27:37

And Isaak will answer and say to Esau, Behold, I made him mighty over thee, and all his brethren I gave to him for servants; and with corn and new wine I supported him: and what shall I do to thee my son?

Genesis 28:1-4

And Isaak will call to Jacob, and will bless him, and will command him, and will say to him, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother. And God Almighty will bless thee, and will make thee fruitful, and will multiply thee, and thou wert for an assembly of nations. read more.
And he will give to thee the praise of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; for thee to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

Benedictions » Instances of » By melchizedek. Upon abraham

Genesis 14:19-20

And he will bless him, and will say, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessing the heavens and the earth. And praised be the most high God who delivered thine oppressors into thy hand; and he will give him of the tenth of all.

Hebrews 7:7

And without all controversy the less is praised of the better.

Benedictions » Instances of » By isaac » Upon esau

Genesis 27:39-40

And Isaak his father will answer and say to him, Behold, from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and from the dew of the heavens above. And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall be when thou shalt wander about and thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck.

Benedictions » Instances of » By the people, upon ruth

Ruth 4:11-12

And all the people which are in the gate will say, and the old men, Witnesses. Jehovah will give the woman coming into thy house as Rachel and as Leah, which they two built up the house of Israel: and make thou power in Ephratah, and call a name in the house of bread. And thy house shall be as the house of Pharez which Tamar bare to Judah, from the seed which Jehovah shall give to thee from this maiden.

Benedictions » Instances of » By joshua

Joshua 22:6-7

And Joshua will bless them and will send them away; and they will go to their tents. And to half the tribe of Manasseh, Moses gave in Bashan: and to its half Joshua gave with their brethren from beyond Jordan to the sea. And also when Joshua sent them away to their tents he will bless them,

Benedictions » Instances of » By jacob » Upon pharaoh

Genesis 47:7-10

And Joseph will bring Jacob his father and will set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob will bless Pharaoh. And Pharaoh will say to Jacob, How many the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob will say to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning, thirty and a hundred years: little and evil were the days of the years of my life, and they reached not the days of the years of the life of my fathers in their sojournings. read more.
And Jacob will bless Pharaoh, and he will go out from before Pharaoh.

Benedictions » Instances of » By aaron

Leviticus 9:22-23

And Aaron will lift up his hand to the people, and bless them; and come down from the doing the sin, and the burnt-offering, and the peace. And Moses will go in, and Aaron, to the tent of appointment, and they will come forth and they will bless the people: and the glory of Jehovah will be seen to all the people.

Benedictions » Levitical, forms of

Numbers 6:23-26

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, So shall ye praise the sons of Israel, saying to them, Jehovah shall praise thee, and watch thee. Jehovah shall make his face shine upon thee and shall compassionate thee. read more.
Jehovah shall lift up his face to thee, and put peace to thee.

Benedictions » Instances of » By araunah, upon david

2 Samuel 24:23

And Araunah gave all to the king for the king. And Araunah will say to the king, Jehovah thy God will take pleasure in thee.

Benedictions » Instances of » By joshua » Upon caleb

Joshua 14:13

And Joshua will bless him and will give Hebron to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, for inheritance.

Benedictions » Instances of » By david » Upon barzillai

2 Samuel 19:39

And all the people will pass over Jordan. And the king passed over, and the king will kiss to Barzillai, and bless him: and he will turn back to his place.

Benedictions » Instances of » By bethuel's household, upon rebekah

Genesis 24:60

And they will bless Rebekah and will say to her, Thou our sister; be thou into thousands of ten thousands, and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.

Benedictions » Instances of » By naomi, upon ruth and orpah

Ruth 1:8-9

And Naomi will say to her two daughters-in-law, Go, turn back each to the house of her mother: Jehovah will do mercy with you according as ye did with the dead, and with me. Jehovah will give to you, and find ye rest, each in the house of her husband And she will kiss to them, and they will lift up their voice and weep.

Benedictions » Instances of » By jesus, upon his followers

Luke 24:50

And he led them without, even to Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he praised them.

Benedictions » Instances of » By eli, upon elkanah

1 Samuel 2:20

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah will set up to thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to Jehovah. And they went to his place.

Benedictions » Instances of » By david » upon the people

2 Samuel 6:18

And David will finish bringing up the burnt-offering and the peace, and he will bless the people in the name of Jehovah of armies.

Benedictions » By God » Upon noah

Genesis 9:1-2

And God will praise Noah and his sons, and will say to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.

Benedictions » Instances of » By simeon, upon jesus

Luke 2:34

And Simeon praised them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, he is laid for the fall and rising up of many in Israel; and for a sign spoken against;

Benedictions » By God » Upon creatures he had made

Genesis 1:22

And God will praise them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and birds shall multiply in the earth.

Benedictions » By God » Upon man

Benedictions » Instances of » By moses, upon the tribes of israel

Benedictions » Instances of » By jacob » Upon joseph's sons

Benedictions » Instances of » By jacob » Upon his own sons

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