Dictionary of Bible Themes: 1335 blessing

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Spiritual and material benefits given by God to be enjoyed. Blessing the name of God is also the appropriate response of believers to all that God has done for them.

God is the source of all blessing

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 See also Psalm 89:11

At creation he blessed humans with fertility and authority over the earth

Genesis 1:28-30

The disobedience of Adam and Eve caused God to remove his blessing

Genesis 3:16-19 See also Genesis 6:5-7

After the flood God renewed his promise of blessing to Noah

Genesis 9:1-3 See also Genesis 8:22; Job 5:10; Psalm 65:9-13

The blessings promised to Abraham

The blessings included descendants and nationhood

Genesis 12:2-3 See also Genesis 17:1-8; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 35:11; Exodus 1:6-7; Deuteronomy 1:10-11; Deuteronomy 7:13; 1 Kings 3:8; Nehemiah 9:23; Isaiah 51:2

The blessings included land

Genesis 17:8 See also Genesis 12:7; Genesis 26:3; Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 11:8-12

The promises of blessing to Abraham were fulfilled in Jesus Christ

Galatians 3:16 See also Acts 3:25-26; Galatians 3:29

Blessings promised to Israel

Blessings of fruitfulness and prosperity

Deuteronomy 7:13-14 See also Genesis 49:25; Leviticus 26:10; Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 28:8,12

Blessings of good health and long life

Exodus 23:25-26 See also Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 7:15

Blessings of peace and victory over enemies

Deuteronomy 28:7 See also Exodus 23:22; Leviticus 26:6-8; Deuteronomy 7:24; Psalm 29:11

The promise of being blessed by future restoration

Jeremiah 31:23 See also Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 65:17-25; Ezekiel 34:25-31

The conditions of God's blessings

Fear of the Lord brings blessing

Jeremiah 32:40 See also Deuteronomy 6:1-3; Deuteronomy 10:12-20; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 50:10

Obedience to the Lord brings blessing

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 See also Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Deuteronomy 30:15-20

To bless God is to worship and adore him

Nehemiah 9:5 See also Genesis 9:26; Genesis 14:20

People may bless one another in the name of the Lord

Numbers 6:24-26 There is a close link between blessing and prayer. See also Genesis 27:27-29; Genesis 49:1-28; Ruth 1:8-9; 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Matthew 23:39