'Blessing' in the Bible

They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.

The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your blessing.

A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.

Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

In that day Israel will be the third together with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the earth:

Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.

This is the word of the Lord: As the new wine is seen in the grapes, and they say, Do not send destruction on it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants, in order that I may not put an end to them all.

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.

Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.

And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.

A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.

May it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?

Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.

And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:

A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.

And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.

The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.

For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.