Job 1:10
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10 Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.(A)
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Psalm 34:7
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7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.(A)
Zechariah 2:5
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5 For I will be a wall of fire all around it, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within it.”(A)
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1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Deuteronomy 28:2-6
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2 all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God:
3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.(A)
4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, both the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock.(B)
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
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Proverbs 10:22
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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and toil adds nothing to it.(A)
Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus said the Lord of hosts after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.[a](A)
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- 2.8 Heb his eye
Genesis 15:1
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God’s Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”(A)
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Psalm 107:38
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38 By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their cattle decrease.(A)
Job 31:25
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25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great
or because my hand had gotten much,(A)
Isaiah 5:2
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2 He dug it and cleared it of stones
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
he expected it to yield grapes,
but it yielded rotten grapes.(A)
Genesis 26:12
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12 Isaac sowed seed in that land and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,(A)
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Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.(A)
Psalm 90:17
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17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us
and prosper for us the work of our hands—
O prosper the work of our hands!(A)
1 Samuel 25:16
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16 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.(A)
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Deuteronomy 33:27
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27 He subdues the ancient gods,[a]
shatters[b] the forces of old;[c]
he drove out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy!’(A)
Deuteronomy 7:13
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13 he will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock, in the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you.(A)
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Psalm 128:1-4
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Psalm 128
The Happy Home of the Faithful
A Song of Ascents.
1 Happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.(A)
2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(B)
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.(C)
4 Thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
Psalm 71:21
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21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.
Job 42:12
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12 The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.(A)
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Genesis 49:25
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25 by the God of your father, who will help you,
by the Almighty[a] who will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.(A)
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- 49.25 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Genesis 30:43
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43 Thus the man grew exceedingly rich and had large flocks and male and female slaves and camels and donkeys.(A)
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Genesis 30:30
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30 For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”(A)
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Psalm 80:12
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12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?(A)
Psalm 5:12
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12 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover them with favor as with a shield.(A)
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