Isaiah 65:23
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23 They shall not labor in vain,
(A)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (B)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
Isaiah 61:9
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9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
(A)That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”
Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 They shall be (A)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (B)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
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Deuteronomy 28:3-12
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3 (A)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (B)in the country.
4 “Blessed shall be (C)the [a]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 (D)“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 “The Lord (E)will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 “The Lord will (F)command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you (G)set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
9 (H)“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are (I)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (J)afraid of you. 11 And (K)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [b]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [c]treasure, the heavens, (L)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (M)to bless all the work of your hand. (N)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
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- Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring
- Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
- Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is to you and (A)to your children, and (B)to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
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Isaiah 49:4
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4 (A)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [a]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [b]work with my God.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:4 justice
- Isaiah 49:4 recompense
Psalm 115:14-15
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14 May the Lord give you increase more and more,
You and your children.
15 May you be (A)blessed by the Lord,
(B)Who made heaven and earth.
Romans 9:7-8
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7 (A)nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, (B)“In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but (C)the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
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Isaiah 55:2
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2 Why do you [a]spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver
Zechariah 10:8-9
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8 I will (A)whistle for them and gather them,
For I will redeem them;
(B)And they shall increase as they once increased.
9 “I(C) will [a]sow them among the peoples,
And they shall (D)remember Me in far countries;
They shall live, together with their children,
And they shall return.
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- Zechariah 10:9 Or scatter
Haggai 2:19
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19 (A)Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will (B)bless you.’ ”
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Leviticus 26:3-10
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3 (A)‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
4 (B)then I will give you rain in its season, (C)the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 (D)Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing;
you shall eat your bread to the full, and (E)dwell in your land safely.
6 (F)I will give peace in the land, and (G)you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid;
I will rid the land of (H)evil[a] beasts,
and (I)the sword will not go through your land.
7 You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.
8 (J)Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight;
your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.
9 ‘For I will (K)look on you favorably and (L)make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My (M)covenant with you.
10 You shall eat the (N)old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.
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- Leviticus 26:6 wild beasts
Genesis 17:7
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7 And I will (A)establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and (C)your descendants after you.
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Genesis 12:2
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2 (A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.
1 Corinthians 15:58
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58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing (B)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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Romans 4:16
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16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be (A)according to grace, (B)so that the promise might be [a]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, (C)who is the father of us all
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- Romans 4:16 certain
Malachi 3:10
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10 (A)Bring all the tithes into the (B)storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the (C)windows of heaven
And (D)pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
Haggai 1:6
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6 “You have (A)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (B)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Hosea 9:11-14
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11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, (A)woe to them when I depart from them!
13 Just (B)as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,
So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”
14 Give them, O Lord—
What will You give?
Give them (C)a miscarrying womb
And dry breasts!
Deuteronomy 28:38-42
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38 (A)“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for (B)the locust shall [a]consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the (C)wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for (D)they shall go into captivity. 42 Locusts shall [b]consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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- Deuteronomy 28:38 devour
- Deuteronomy 28:42 possess
Leviticus 26:29
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- Leviticus 26:29 In time of famine
Leviticus 26:22
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22 (A)I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number;
and (B)your highways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:20
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20 And your (A)strength shall be spent in vain;
for your (B)land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Galatians 3:29
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29 And (A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s (B)seed, and (C)heirs according to the promise.
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Acts 3:25-26
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25 (A)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, (B)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 To you (C)first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, (D)in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”
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