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Bible verses about Blessing
Delve into the profound concept of blessing as revealed through scripture, and discover the transformative power it holds in our lives. Understanding biblical blessings unlocks a deeper connection with God's unwavering love and provision. These verses illuminate that blessing is not merely good fortune, but a divine favor encompassing spiritual enrichment, protection, and purpose. As we explore these passages, may our hearts be opened to recognize the countless blessings already bestowed upon us and inspire us to become conduits of blessing to others, reflecting God's gracious heart to the world. Let the scriptures guide us in seeking, understanding, and living a life saturated in divine blessing.
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Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Scripture Passages
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days:
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God,
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.
And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.
I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Reflection
Contemplating Blessing
The Bible overflows with verses illuminating the multifaceted nature of blessing, revealing it as more than mere good fortune. It’s a divine favor, a powerful pronouncement, and a tangible manifestation of God's presence in our lives. From promises of prosperity and protection to the inherent blessing found in obedience and compassion, these scriptures underscore that blessings are both given and received, often flowing reciprocally between God and humanity, and among people. Reflecting on these verses invites us to examine our own capacity to be conduits of blessing, both in word and deed. May we strive to live in alignment with God's will, cultivating a heart that seeks to bless others, recognizing that in doing so, we unlock deeper levels of divine favor and purpose in our own lives. Embrace the call to bless and be blessed, allowing God's grace to shape our interactions and transform the world around us.
May these verses about blessing bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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