29 Bible Verses about People Blessing
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not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.
and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;
When Esau heard the words of his father he cried out [with] a great and exceedingly bitter cry of distress. And he said to his father, "Bless me as well, my father!"
Take both your sheep and goats as well as your cattle, and go, and bless also me."
And Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me also, my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to stand {before} Yahweh, to serve him and to bless [the people] in his name until this day.
Then the priests, the descendants of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to bless in the name of Yahweh, and every legal dispute and every [case of] assault will be {subject to their ruling}.
so that passersby do not say, "The blessing of Yahweh [be] upon you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
Her children rise and consider her happy, her husband [also], and he praises her;
[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.
Blessed [is] he who comes in the name of Yahweh. We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
Now, please go, curse this people for me because they [are] stronger than me; perhaps I will be able to strike them and drive them out from the land because I know whoever you bless [is] blessed, and whoever you cursed is cursed."
He who withholds grain, the people curse him, but a blessing [is] for the head of him who sells.
So he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.
Then make for me tasty food like I love, and bring [it] to me. And I will eat [it] so that I can bless you before I die.
'Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat [it] and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
Then you must take it to your father and he will eat [it] so that he may bless you before his death."
And Jacob said to his father, "I [am] Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please get up, sit up and eat from my wild game so that you may bless me."
He too prepared tasty food and brought [it] to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat from the wild game of his son, that you may bless me."
Then he said, "Bring [it] near to me that I may eat from the game of my son, so that I may bless you." And he brought [it] to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank.
Then Isaac {trembled violently}. Then he said, "Who then [was] he that hunted wild game and brought [it] to me, and I ate [it] all before you came, and I blessed him? Moreover, he will be blessed!"
Then he said, "{Isn't that why he is named Jacob}? He has deceived me these two times. He took my birthright and, look, now he has taken my blessing!" Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"
Then Esau held a grudge against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are coming, then I will kill Jacob my brother."
And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.
Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
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