'Blessings' in the Bible

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'"

I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants.

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord's covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

"When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.

The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed! We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord's temple.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people!

If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?