40 Bible Verses about prospering

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’

He who gives attention to the word will find good,
And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;

For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.

Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

May the Lord give you increase,
You and your children.

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”

Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

“Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?

“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.

Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.

David was prospering in all his ways for the Lord was with him.

Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

For the shepherds have become stupid
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And all their flock is scattered.

Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

The generous man will be prosperous,
And he who waters will himself be watered.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.

always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.

And the Lord was with him; wherever he went he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

They will still yield fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and very green,

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.

But the Lord is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed,
With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

“No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

It shall come about that as the Lord delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the Lord will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.