For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, "plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope.

Seek the welfare of the city to which I've exiled you and pray to the LORD for it, for your welfare depends on its welfare.'

Whoever listens to a word of instruction prospers, and anyone who trusts in the LORD is blessed.

Don't be afraid when someone gets rich, when the glory of his household increases.

For they will add length to your days, years to your life, and abundant peace to you.

and the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all that you do, along with your children, your livestock, and the produce of your fields, because the LORD your God will again be delighted with you for good, just as he was delighted with your ancestors,

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

May the LORD add to your numbers to you and to your descendants.

and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"

Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.

You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?

He had told Judah, "Let's build up these cities, surrounding them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land still belongs to us, because we have kept on seeking the LORD our God. We have sought him out, and he has given us rest all around us." So the people built and prospered.

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

Everything that Hezekiah began in the service of God's Temple was done according to the Law and to the commandments as he sought his God, worked with all of his heart, and became successful.

David was successful in all that he did, for the LORD was with him.

Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.

Because the shepherds are stupid and don't seek the LORD, therefore, they don't prosper, and their flock is scattered.

who could see that the LORD was with Joseph, because the LORD made everything prosper that Joseph did.

A generous person will prosper, and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

But the LORD was with Joseph. He became a very prosperous man while in the house of his Egyptian master,

For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

And so the Jewish leaders continued their building, and prospered because of the prophecies of Haggai the prophet and Iddo's son Zechariah. They completed the rebuilding in accordance with the commandment from the God of Israel and the edicts of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.

His descendants will be powerful in the land, a generation of the upright who will be blessed.

in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.

Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

So the LORD was with him, and Hezekiah prospered wherever he went, even when he rebelled against the king of Assyria, refusing to serve him.

They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green.

Pray for peace for Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at peace!

Butthe LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, those who pursue me will stumble and won't prevail. They'll be put to great shame, when they don't succeed. Their everlasting disgrace won't be forgotten.

until I entered the sanctuaries of God. Then I understood their destiny.

Land, land, land, listen to this message from the LORD!

You were adorned with gold, silver, clothing of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate food made from the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, attaining royal status.

no weapon that is forged against you will be effective. This is the heritage of the LORD's servants, and their righteousness from me," says the LORD.

Just as the LORD delighted to prosper and increase you, so now the LORD will delight to destroy, exterminate, and banish you from the land that you are about to enter to possess."

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.