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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Job 8:7
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7 Though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:8
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8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning;
the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.(A)
Proverbs 10:22
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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and toil adds nothing to it.(A)
Psalm 144:13-15
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13 May our barns be filled
with produce of every kind;
may our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,
14 and may our cattle be heavy with young.
May there be no breach in the walls,[a] no exile,
and no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall;
happy are the people whose God is the Lord.(A)
Footnotes
- 144.14 Heb lacks in the walls
Psalm 107:38
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38 By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their cattle decrease.(A)
Genesis 24:35
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35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.(A)
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Job 1:3
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3 He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.(A)
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Genesis 26:12-14
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12 Isaac sowed seed in that land and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,(A) 13 and the man became rich; he prospered more and more until he became very wealthy. 14 He had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.(B)
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1 Timothy 6:17
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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:16
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16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.(A)
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James 5:11
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11 Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.(A)
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