46 Bible Verses about Blessing

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Numbers 6:24-26

Jehovah shall praise thee, and watch thee. Jehovah shall make his face shine upon thee and shall compassionate thee. Jehovah shall lift up his face to thee, and put peace to thee.

Hebrews 7:7

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

Numbers 6:23

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

Proverbs 24:25

And it shall be pleasant to those reproving, and a blessing of good shall come upon them.

Zechariah 11:10

And I will take my rod Beauty, and I will cut it off, to break my covenant which I cut out with all the peoples.

Zechariah 11:7

And I will feed the flock of slaughter for you, and the poor of the sheep: And I will take to me two rods; to the one I called Beauty, and to the one, I called Cords; and I will feed the sheep.

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Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Manna

Exodus 16:14

And the dew lying will go up, and behold, upon the face of the desert a small thing being peeled off thin, as pitch upon the earth.

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel will call its name portion: as the seed of coriander, white, and its taste as a flat cake with honey.

Numbers 11:7-9

And the manna it as the seed of coriander, and its eye as the eye of bdellium. The people went to and fro, and gathered and ground in the mill, or crushed in the mortar, and boiled in the pot, and made it cakes; and its taste was as the taste of a sweet cake of oil. And in the descending of the dew upon the camp by night the manna descended upon it

Nehemiah 9:15

And bread from the heavens thou gavest to them for their hunger, and water from the rock thou broughtest forth to them for their thirst; and thou wilt say to them to go in and to inherit the land which thou didst lift up thy hand to give to them.

Psalm 78:23-24

And he commanded the clouds from above, and he opened the doors of the heavens. And he will rain upon them manna to eat, and he gave the grain of the heavens to them.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water

Numbers 20:10-11

And Moses and Aaron will gather together the gathering before the rock, and he will say to them, Hear, now, ye rebellious: from this rock shall we bring forth to you water? And Moses will lift up his hand and will smite the rock with the rod twice, and many waters will come forth, and the assembly will drink and their cattle.

Exodus 17:1-7

And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will remove from the desert of Sin, according to their removings by the mouth of Jehovah; and they will encamp in Rephidim; and no water for the people to drink. And the people contended with Moses, and they will say, Give to us water and we will drink. And Moses will say to them, Why will ye contend with me, and why will ye tempt Jehovah? And the people will thirst there for water; and the people will murmur against Moses, and will say, For what this did ye bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst? read more.
And Moses will cry to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little and they will stone me. And Jehovah will say to Moses, Pass over before the people and take with thee from the old men of Israel; and thy rod which thou didst strike with it the river, take in thy hand and go. And behold, I stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and strike upon the rock, and waters shall come forth from it, and the people drank. And Moses will do so before the eyes of the old men of Israel. And he will call the name of the place, Temptation, and Strife, for the contention of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us or not?

Psalm 78:15-20

He will rend the rocks in the desert, and give drink as the great abyss. And he will bring forth flowings from the rock, and bring down waters as rivers. And they will yet add to sin against him to embitter the Most High in a dry land. read more.
And they will tempt God in their heart to ask food for their soul. And they will speak against God; they said, Will God be able to arrange a table in the desert? Behold, he struck the rock and waters will flow, and torrents will pour out; will he be able also to give bread? or will he prepare flesh for his people?

Psalm 105:41

He opened the rock and the waters will flow; they went in dry places a river.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Elijah

1 Kings 17:20-21

And he will call to Jehovah, and say, Jehovah my God, didst thou also do evil upon the widow which I dwelt with her to kill her son? And he will measure upon the child three times, and he will call to Jehovah, and say, Jehovah my God wilt thou turn back now the soul of this child within his inner part?

1 Kings 18:42

And Ahab will go up to eat and to drink. And Elijah will go up to the head of Cannel and prostrate himself upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

1 Kings 18:44

And it will be in the seventh, and he will say, Behold, a little cloud as the hand of a man, coming up from the sea. And he will say, Go up; say to Ahab, Harness; go down, and the rain shall not hinder thee.

James 5:17-18

Elias was a man having similar feelings with us, and in prayer he prayed for it not to rain: and it rained not upon the earth for three years and six months. And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth shot forth her fruit.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Quail

Psalm 105:40

Asking, and he will bring the quail, and he will fill them with the bread of the heavens.

Numbers 11:31-33

And a spirit removed from Jehovah and it will divide out the quails from the sea, and will cast upon the camp, as the way of a day hither, and the way of a day thither, round about the camp, and as two cubits upon the face of the earth. And the people will rise up all that day and all the night, and all the day of the morrow, and will gather the quails: the few gathered ten homers; and they will spread for themselves a spreading round about the camp. And the flesh yet between their teeth, before it shall be withdrawn and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah will smite upon them an exceeding great blow.

Psalm 78:23-30

And he commanded the clouds from above, and he opened the doors of the heavens. And he will rain upon them manna to eat, and he gave the grain of the heavens to them. Man ate the bread of the strong: he sent to them provision to fulness. read more.
He will cause the east wind to go forth in the heavens, and by his strength he will lead the south wind. And he will rain flesh upon them as the dust, birds of feather as the sand of the seas. And it shall fall in the midst of his camp, round about to his habitations. And they shall eat and be well filled: and he will bring to them their desire. They turned not away from their desire, yet their food in their mouth.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To solomon

1 Kings 3:13

And also that thou askedst not I gave to thee, also riches, also honor, that there was not a man like thee among kings all thy days.

1 Chronicles 29:25

And Jehovah will magnify Solomon to above before the eyes of all Israel, and he will give upon him the majesty of the kingdom which was not upon any king before him over Israel.

2 Chronicles 1:1

And Solomon son of David will be strengthened over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God with him, and he will magnify him to above

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah prospered

2 Kings 18:6-7

And he will cleave upon Jehovah he turned not away from after him, and he will watch his commands which Jehovah commanded Moses. And Jehovah was with him: in all which he will go forth he will prosper; and he will rebel against the king of Assur, and not serve him

2 Chronicles 32:29

And he made cities to him and possession of flocks and oxen for abundance: for God gave to him exceeding much substance.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To david

2 Samuel 5:10

And David went, going, and was great, and Jehovah God of armies with him.

1 Chronicles 14:17

And the name of David will go forth into all lands; and Jehovah gave his fear upon all the nations..

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To job

Job 42:12

And Jehovah blessed the latter state of Job more than his beginning: and there will be to him fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Job 1:10

Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:11

Now, O Lord, now will thine ear be attending to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, desiring to fear thy name? and prosper now to thy servant this day: and wilt thou give him for compassion before this man? And I was giving drink to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

And the king will say to me, For what this thou seekest? And I shall pray to the God of the heavens.

Nehemiah 6:9

For all of them causing us to be afraid, saying, their hands shall be slackened from the work, and it shall not be done. And now strengthen my hand.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 17:3-5

And Jehovah will be with Jehoshaphat, for he went in the first ways of David his father, and he sought not for the Baals. For to the God of his father he sought, and in his commands he went, and not according to the works of Israel. And Jehovah will prepare the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah will give a gift to Jehoshaphat, and riches will be to him and honor for multitude.

2 Chronicles 20:30

And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat will rest: and God will give rest to him from round about

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To isaac

Genesis 26:12-24

And Isaak will sow in that land, and will find in that year a hundred measures; and Jehovah will praise him. And the man will become great, and went going, and he became great, until that he became very great And there will be to him possession of flocks, and possession of oxen, and service of many; and the Philistines will envy him. read more.
And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust And Abimelech will say to Isaak, Go from us: for thou wert strong above us exceedingly. And Isaak will go from thence, and will sit down in the valley of Gerar, and will dwell there. And Isaak will dwell, and he will dig the wells of waters which they digged in the days of Abraham his father; and the Philistines will stop them after Abraham died: and he will call them the names after the names which his father called them. And Isaak's servants will dig in the valley and will find there' a well of waters And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And they will dig another well, and will strive for that also: and he will call its name Sitnah. And he will remove from thence, and will dig another well; and they strove not for that: and he will call its name Rehoboth; and he will say, For now Jehovah made wide for us, and made us fruitful in the earth. And he will go up from thence to the well of the oath. And Jehovah will be seen to him in that night., and will say, I am the God of Abraham thy father: thou shalt not be afraid, for I am with thee, and I praised thee, and I increased thy seed, for sake of Abraham my servant

Genesis 26:28

And they will say, Seeing we saw that Jehovah was with thee: and we will say, There shall be an oath between us, between us and between thee, and we will make a covenant with thee.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To the widow of zerephath

1 Kings 17:12-16

And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die. And Elijah will say to her, Thou shalt not fear; go and do according to thy word: but make to me from thence a little cake at first, and bring forth to me, and for thee and for thy son thou shalt make at last For thus said Jehovah the God of Israel, The bucket of flour shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail until the day Jehovah shall give rain upon the face of the earth. read more.
And she will go and do according to the word of Elijah: and she will eat, she and he, and her house, days. The bucket of flour was not spent, and the cruse of oil failed no; according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Elijah.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » -ezra

Ezra 8:21-23

And I shall call a fast there, upon the river Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to ask from the king strength and horsemen to help us from the enemy in the way: for we said to the king, saying, The hand of our God upon all seeking him for good; and his strength and his anger against all forsaking him. And we will fast and seek of our God concerning this; and he will be entreated for us.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To uzziah

2 Chronicles 26:5-15

And he will be for seeking God in the days of Zechariah understanding in the visions of God: and in the days of his seeking Jehovah, God prospered him. And he will go forth and war against the rovers, and he will break in the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he will build cities in Ashdod, and among the rovers. And God will help him against the rovers, and against the Arabians inhabiting Gur-Baal, and the Mehunims. read more.
And the Ammonites will give a gift to Uzziah: and his name will go even to the entrance of Egypt: for he was strengthened even to above. And Uzziah will build towers in Jerusalem at the gate of the corner, and at the gate of the valley, and at the angle, and he will strengthen them. And he will build towers in the desert, and hew out many wells: for there were many cattle to him; and in the low country and in the plain; and husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was loving the earth. And there will be to Uzziah an army making war, going forth to war to a troop in the number of their reviewing by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the leader, upon the hand of Hananiah from the kings chiefs. All the number of the heads of the fathers to the strong ones of power, two thousand and six hundred. And upon their hand the power of an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, making war with the strength of power to help to the king against the enemy. And Uzziah will prepare for them for all the army shields and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and for stones of slings. And he will make in Jerusalem engines, devised of him devising, to be upon the towers and upon the corners to cast with arrows and with great stones. And his name went forth even to afar off; for he was made wonderful to help even till he was strong.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To elijah » Fed by ravens

1 Kings 17:2-7

And the word of Jehovah will be to him, saying, Go from hence and turn to thyself east, and hide by the torrent Cherith which is before Jordan. And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there. read more.
And he will go and do according to the word of Jehovah: and he will go and dwell by the torrent Cherith which is upon the face of Jordan. And the ravens bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he will drink from the torrent. And it will be from the end of days, and the torrent will dry up, for there was no rain upon the earth.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To elijah » By an angel

1 Kings 19:5-8

And he will lie down and sleep udder one broom-tree, and behold, then a messenger touched upon him, and he will say to him, Arise, eat And he will look, and behold, from his head cakes baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water: and he will eat and drink, and turn back and lie down. And the messenger of Jehovah will turn back the second time, and he will touch upon him, and say, Arise, eat, for much for thee the way. read more.
And he will rise and eat and drink, and go in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, even to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To asa

2 Chronicles 14:6-7

And he will build cities of fortification in Judah: for the land rested, and not with him war in these years; for Jehovah gave rest to him. And he will say to Judah, We will build these cities, and surround a wall, and towers, doors and bars, and the land yet before us: for we sought Jehovah our God, and he will give to us rest from round about And they will build and prosper.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health

2 Kings 20:1-7

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death; and Isaiah son of Amos the prophet will come in to him, and he will say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Command to thy house, for thou art dying, and thou shalt not live. And he will turn his face to the wall and pray, saying, O Jehovah, remember now how I went before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and I did the good in thine eyes. And Hezekiah will weep a great weeping. read more.
And it will be Isaiah went not forth to the city of the middle, and the word of Jehovah was to him, saying, Turn back and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I heard thy prayer, I saw thy tears: behold me healing thee: in the third day thou shalt go up to the house of Jehovah. And I added to thy days fifteen years; and from the hand of the king of Assur I will deliver thee and this city; and I protected this city for my sake, and for sake of David my servant And Isaiah will say, Take a round mass of figs. And they will take and put upon the burning sore, and he will live.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To jacob

Genesis 35:9-15

And God will be seen to Jacob yet again in his going from Padan Aram; and he will bless him. And God will say to him, Thy name, Jacob: shall no more be called thy name Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he will call his name Israel. And God will say to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come forth from thy loins. read more.
And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaak, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give this land. And God will go up from him in the place in which he spake with him. And Jacob will set up a pillar in the place which God spake with him; a pillar of stone: and he will pour out upon it a libation, and he will pour out upon it oil And Jacob will call the name of the place which God spake with him there, The House of God.

Blessing » Responsive blessings of the law

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

And it being if hearing thou shalt hear to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to watch and to do all his commands that I command thee this day, and Jehovah thy God gave thee high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings came upon thee and overtook thee, when thou shalt hear to the voice of Jehovah thy God. Blessed thou in the city, blessed thou in the field. read more.
Blessed the fruit of thy belly, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed thy basket and thy remainders. Blessed thou in thy coming in, and blessed thou in thy going out Jehovah will give thine enemies rising up against thee smitten before thy face; in one way shall they come forth against thee, and in seven ways shall they flee before thy face. Jehovah will command with thee the blessing in thy store-houses, and in all the sending forth of thy hand; and he blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee. Jehovah will raise thee up to him for a holy people, as he sware to thee, when thou shalt watch the commands of Jehovah thy God and go in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth saw that the name of Jehovah was called upon thee; and they were afraid of thee. And Jehovah made thee to abound for good in the fruit of thy belly, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, upon the land which Jehovah sware to thy fathers to give to thee. Jehovah will open to thee his good store, the heavens to give the rain of thy land in its time, and to bless all the doing of thy hand: and thou didst lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And Jehovah gave thee for head, and not for tail: and thou wert only for ascending, and thou shalt not be for beneath; when thou shalt hear to the commands of Jehovah thy God that I command thee this day, to watch and to do. And thou shalt not turn aside from all the words which I command you this day, to the right and to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Abraham

Genesis 15:2-4

And Abram will say, My Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give to me, and I going childless, and the son of Masek in my house, he Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram will say, Behold, to me thou gavest no seed, and behold the son of my house shall inherit me. And behold, the word of Jehovah was to him, saying, This shall not inherit thee, for truly he who shall come forth from thy bowels shall inherit thee.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Abraham's servant

Genesis 24:12

And he will say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, light upon my face this day, and do kindness with lord Abraham.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Hannah

1 Samuel 1:11

And she will vow a vow, and say, Jehovah of armies, if seeing, thou wilt see the affliction of thy servant and remember me, and thou wilt not forget thy servant, and give to thy servant seed of men, and I gave him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and a razor shall not come up upon his head.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Laban

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.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » isaac

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To jotham

2 Chronicles 27:6

And Jotham will be strengthened, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To obed-edom

2 Samuel 6:11

And the ark of Jehovah will dwell in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and Jehovah will bless Obed-Edom and all his house.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To the israelites » In egypt

Exodus 11:3

And Jehovah will give favor to the people in the eyes of the Egyptians: also the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh's servants, and in the eyes of the people.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To abraham

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To daniel

Daniel 1:9

And God will give Daniel to mercy and compassion before the chiefs of the eunuchs.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To noah, at the time of the flood

Genesis 7:1

And Jehovah will say to Noah, Come thou, and all thy house into the ark, for thee I saw just to my face in this generation.

Children » Blessing

Genesis 5:29

And he shall call his name Noah, saying, This shall console us from our work and from the labor of our hands because of the earth which Jehovah cursed it

Genesis 30:1

And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.

Psalm 127:3-5

Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb. As arrows in the hand of the strong one, so are sons of youth. Happy the man who filled his quiver from them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 54:1

Shout, thou barren, not bringing forth; break forth in shouting, cry aloud, not being pained; for more the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married, said Jehovah.

More verses: Jeremiah 20:15

hands » Imposition of, used in » Blessing

Genesis 48:14

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.

The high priest » Typified Christ in » Blessing

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.

The promises of God » Subjects of » Blessing

Topics on Blessing

Adding Blessing

Matthew 13:12

For whoever has shall be given to him, and he shall have in excess; and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him.

Blessing In The Wilderness

Isaiah 35:1

The desert and the dryness shall be glad for them; and the sterile region shall rejoice and blossom as the meadow flower.

Blessings And Prosperity

Deuteronomy 28:11

And Jehovah made thee to abound for good in the fruit of thy belly, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, upon the land which Jehovah sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

Blessings For The Right Hand

Genesis 35:18

And it will be in her soul going forth (for she will die) and she will call his name the son of my strength: and his father called him the son of the right hand.

Blessings From The Mountains

Joel 3:18

And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.

Blessings Of Obedience

Leviticus 26:3-10

If ye shall go in my laws and watch my commands, and do them:

Blessings Of The Poor

Job 20:10

The weak shall break his sons, and his hands shall turn back his wealth.

Blessings, Temporal

Malachi 3:10-12

Bring ye all the tenths to the house of treasure, and food shall be in my house, and try me now in this, said Jehovah of armies, if I will not open to you the lattices of the heavens, and empty out to you a blessing, even is it not a sufficiency.

Blessings, To Abraham

Genesis 12:2-3

And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed.

Blessings, To Israel

Deuteronomy 7:13-14

And he loved thee and blessed thee, and multiplied thee: and he blest the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy grain and thy new wine and thy new oil, and the young of thy cows and thy flocks of sheep, upon the land which he sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

Children, A Blessing

Psalm 127:4-5

As arrows in the hand of the strong one, so are sons of youth.

Eternal Blessing

2 Samuel 7:29

And now be willing and bless the house of thy servant to be forever before thee: for thou, Lord Jehovah, spakest: and from thy blessing the house of thy servant shall be blessed forever.

God Swearing Blessings

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear to them by thyself, and thou wilt speak to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land which I said, I will give to your seed and they inherited forever.

God's Blessings Are Near

Psalm 75:1

:To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy: chanting to Asaph a song. We confessed to thee, O God, we confessed: and thy name is near, thy wonders recounted.

Millennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

Psalm 46:8-9

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he set in the earth.

Temporal Blessings

Deuteronomy 12:28

Watch and hear all these words which I command thee, so that it shall be well to thee and to thy sons after thee, even till forever; for thou shalt do the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

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