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And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,
And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.
And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsBalaams DonkeyAbrahamBlessedGentiles, In Otenemies, of Israel and JudahMediationParticipation, In ChristMessianic PropheciesBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And GentileCursing IsraelGod CursingGod Will BlessFamiliescurses

The Levites -- Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah -- said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God!" "May you be blessed, O LORD our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtStandingGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedEternal PraiseProclaiming God’s NameBless The Lord!

That's how Israel blessed these twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father told them when he pronounced his blessing for them, blessing each one with a blessing suitable for them.

Verse ConceptsTwelve TribesPeople Who Blessed Othersisrael

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.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelWombGod Will BlessGod HelpsBlessings From GodThe Environmentbreasts

So now, You have been pleased to bless Your servant’s house that it may continue before You forever. For You, Lord, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever.

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingFamily FirstServant Leadership

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingMay God Bless!DedicationBlessings From God

and never return evil for evil or insult for insult [avoid scolding, berating, and any kind of abuse], but on the contrary, give a blessing [pray for one another’s well-being, contentment, and protection]; for you have been called for this very purpose, that you might inherit a blessing [from God that brings well-being, happiness, and protection].

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toenemies, of believersAttackingInsultsForgiving Ones EnemiesMercy, HumanRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteCalling, Of ChristiansDuties To EnemiesAccusations, Against Early ChristiansConsider Your Call To SalvationGod BlessesNot AvengingPeople BlessingRepaying Evil For EvilBlessing OthersAbuseGiving Back

And on the fourth day they gathered themselves in the Valley of Blessing. For there they blessed Jehovah. And the name of the same place was called the Valley of Blessing until this day.

That very day, Jacob blessed them with this blessing: "By you Israel will extend this blessing: "May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'"

Verse ConceptsLike Good PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

And the crowds that walked ahead and followed behind Him shouted, "Hosanna to the son of David. [Note: The Syriac word 'Hosanna' originally meant 'save now' but came to be used as an expression of welcome, praise, blessing or acclamation]. May He, who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. Hosanna in the highest [i.e., may this blessing reach to the highest heaven]."

Verse ConceptsdoxologyCovenant, God's with DavidPraise, Manner And Methods OfJesus As Son Of DavidCrowds Around JesusGroups ShoutingSpecific Praising Of GodThings On HighSave Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Namemath


May his name endure forever;
May his name continue as long as the sun;
And let men bless themselves by him;
Let all nations call him blessed.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByPeople Blessing

Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: you that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."

Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

whom Jehovah of hosts will bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance!

Verse ConceptsBlessedNames And Titles For The ChurchBlessings From God

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsFruitfulness, NaturalAlcoholdrinkingBlessings, To AbrahamOilWineWombProsperity PromisedAlcohol ConsumptionIncreasing FruitGod Multipling PeopleChildren BlessedGod Will Bless

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingNot Avenging

And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Verse ConceptsShowersBlessing Through God's PeopleGod Will BlessBlessings From GodBlessings And Prosperitywaterfalls

Whoever blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of trustworthiness, and the one who swears an oath in the land shall swear by the God of trustworthiness, because the former troubles are forgotten, and they are hidden from my eyes.

Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsBarnsProsperityStores Of FoodDedication

And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Verse ConceptsMan Of GodPeople Who Blessed Others

Necessary, therefore, I regarded it, to exhort the brethren that they would go forward unto you, and make up beforehand your previously-promised blessing. The same, to be ready - thus, as a blessing, and not as of constraint.

Verse ConceptsCovetingGenerosity, HumanResentment, Against PeoplePeople Going BeforePeople PromisingCovetousness

For you know that, when later he wanted to get possession of the blessing, he was rejected, for he could find no opportunity to repent, although with tears he tried to get the blessing.

Verse ConceptsCryingWeepingDelay, Examples OfGod Abandoning IndividualsMourning In RegretRejection

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Verse ConceptsExcellent WomenBlessed By GodBlessing Others

Blessed [are] your men, and blessed [are] these your servants who stand before you regularly and hear your wisdom!

Then David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly, and David said, "Blessed [are] you, O Yahweh, God of Israel, our father forever and ever!

And David said to all the assembly, "Bless Yahweh your God!" And all the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before God

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Verse ConceptsBless The Lord!dominion

And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingNosesContact With PeopleBlessed By GodPeople Who Blessed Others

Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfServing PeopleSalutationsBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought it to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfDoing Things TwicePeople Naming PeopleGraspingPeople BlessingStoring Other Things

And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

Verse ConceptsWeepingOthers MourningPeople Blessing

And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTaking A WifePeople Who Blessed Others

And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

Verse ConceptsPromotionInside And OutAuthority Delegated To PeopleBlessing Through God's People

'Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfThose Who Had FaithHaving FaithBlessings From Godbelief

You know we call those blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] who were steadfast and endured [difficult circumstances]. You have heard of the patient endurance of Job and you have seen the Lord’s outcome [how He richly blessed Job]. The Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfCommendationEndurance, Examples OfGod's attitude towards peopleHappinessHeart, DivineMercifulnessTrust, Importance OfSuffering, HardshipBlessed In ServiceEnduringPatient PeopleEnduranceBeing PatientPersistenceempathyperserverancepatientperseveringsteadfast

Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it [heeding them and taking them to heart]; for the time [of fulfillment] is near.

Verse ConceptsBlessedUrgencyReadingLiteracyProphecy, Methods Of OtSeasons, Of LifeReading The ScripturesBlessed In ServiceNear The Time GenerallyProphecyProphecies concerningStudyingBlessings From GodBlessing OthersReading The BibleSigns Of The End TimesEnd Timesrevelation

now 'tis past dispute, he that is blessed is inferior to him that blesses:

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallBlessing

He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.

Verse ConceptsBless The Lord!

I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingConsistencyevangelists, identity ofBlessings, To AbrahamMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyeastNorthOffspringSpreadingSouthNorth, South, East And WestNumerous As DustBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And Gentile

But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededCollectionsHeavenly RewardsReward, DivineSeedThriftCultivationReapingStingy PeopleReaping What You Sowsoaringsowing

"Blessed mother of the most blessed offspring! what an honour is this, that I should be visited by the mother of our Lord!

Verse ConceptsHumility, Examples OfThose To Whom God Gives

Blessed [are] the people who have [it] thus. Blessed [are] the people whose God [is] Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBlessed Through GodHe Is Our GodBeing Thankful For Blessings

And Hiram said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son blessed with judgment and understanding, who might build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualDiscernment Of GovernorsHeaven And EarthIntelligenceCreation Of The Physical Heavens

How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continuously and get to listen to your wisdom!

Verse ConceptsHappinessStandingRejoicing In God's Works

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?

Verse ConceptsBelievers JudgingWise Men In The Church

And the people who walked ahead of Him and followed behind shouted, "Hosanna [Note: The Syriac word 'Hosanna' originally meant 'save now' but came to be used as an expression of welcome, praise, blessing or acclamation], may He who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed.

Verse ConceptsAcclaimingPeople Going BeforeGroups ShoutingBlessed In ServiceSave Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

Then, if any one there is deserving of a blessing, your blessing will rest upon him; but if not, it will come back upon yourselves.

Verse ConceptsReversion Of ThingsMen Of Peace

So says Jehovah, Write this man down as childless, a man who will not be blessed in his days. For no man of his seed shall be blessed, sitting on the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah.

Verse ConceptsOffspringReasons For BarrennessNot ProsperingThe Dynasty Of David

and if the house is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not worthy, your blessing shall return to you.

Verse ConceptsReversion Of ThingsWorthy PeopleNo PeacePeace To YouRestSelf WorthChristmas TreeGiving Backwelcome

And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, 'If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept me from evil -- not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerDivine RestraintsHand Of GodRestraintSuccessEnlargementSpiritual ProgressGod's HandGod's Hands On Peopleborders

The LORD liveth: and blessed be my strong helper, and praised be the God of my salvation, {TYNDALE: The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.}

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, The RockRocksBlessed Be God!Leadership Qualities

And he said to Gehazi - Gird thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way, if thou meet with any man, thou must not bless him, and, if any man bless thee, thou must not respond to him, - then shalt thou lay my staff upon the face of the boy.

Verse ConceptsBeltsGreetingsHastePreparing For ActionDo Not Greet

Since if you may bless with the spirit, how will one occupying the place of the unlearned say Amen to your blessing? since he does not know what you are saying.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodAmenNot Understanding Sayings

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingPraise, Nature OfMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Is King Of IsraelBless The Lord!Save Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

And because of this confidence [i.e., that you people have such a favorable opinion of me], I had determined to visit you first [i.e., before going to Macedonia. See I Cor. 16:5-7], so that you could have an additional blessing. [Note: The "blessing" here would be Paul getting to minister to them both before and after visiting Macedonia].

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingTrusting God's PlanDisappointmentAnxiety And StressGod's Plan For Us

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHand Of GodSatan, Work OfTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God

and the strength, and the honour, and the glory, and the blessing. And every creature which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard them all saying, To him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, is the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the power, for ever and ever.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristEarth, God's GloryGod, Present EverywhereHonorUnceasing PraiseChrist's Exalted GloryEternal PraiseGod Sitting In GloryAngels SingingWorship In Heaven During TribulationPetsThe Seaadorationdominionhonour

And Balak's anger will kindle against Balaam, and he will strike his hands: and Balak will say to Balaam, To curse mine enemies I called thee, and behold, blessing, thou didst bless this three beats.

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanCommunicating Three TimesClappingBlessing And CurseCursing IsraelNamed People Angry With Others


For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;
You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

Verse ConceptsBlessedHappinessGod BlessesBlessings From GodBlessing Othersjoyfulcheerleadingjoyfulness

Only when no needy shall be with thee; for Jehovah blessing will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance to possess it:

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBlessings, To IsraelLand, As A Divine Responsibility

And the angel having come to her said; Hail, thou blessed one; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsGod With Specific PeopleSpoken Greetingsgabriel

And I was not disposed to hear to Balaam and blessing, he will bless you; and I will deliver you from his hand.

Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them,

Verse ConceptsBlessingSons Being A Blessing