2 Samuel 2:5
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5 David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him!(A)
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1 Samuel 23:21
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21 Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord for showing me compassion!(A)
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Psalm 115:15
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15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.(A)
1 Samuel 25:32-33
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32 David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!(A) 33 Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand!
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1 Samuel 24:19
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19 For who has ever found an enemy and sent the enemy safely away? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
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Ruth 2:20
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20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin.”[a](A)
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- 2.20 Or one with the right to redeem
Ruth 3:10
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10 He said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; this last instance of your loyalty is better than the first; you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
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Ruth 1:8
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8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back each of you to your mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.(A)
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