'Blessing' in the Bible

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

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

He is always generous, always lending,and his children are a blessing.

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

You water its furrows abundantly,You smooth its ridges;You soften it with showers,You bless its growth.

May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the light of his face be shining on us; (Selah.)

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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.

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

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

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

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessing your children within you.

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 remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,but the name of the wicked will rot.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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 to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

A friend's loud blessing early in the morning will be thought of 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 shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, "Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!"

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.

'Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine 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.

“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat.Come, buy wine and milkWithout money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].

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.

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine 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.

Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.

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.

The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"

My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

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.

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes -- both calamity and blessing?

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

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine 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.

They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing];They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves,That they might be cut off.

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];When the mountains will drip sweet wineAnd all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].

You force the women of My peopleout of their comfortable homes,and you take My blessingfrom their children forever.

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 shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats. For the Lord who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.

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.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

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:

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; 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 having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing 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.

While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it 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 his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, blessing God.

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;

And the Child continued to grow and become strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor, spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him.

bless and show kindness to those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.