But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
“The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.
For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters.
How abundant are the good things
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
on those who take refuge in you.
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
on those who take refuge in you.
But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers.
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
for they will be filled.
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
