Verse 3

Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed in the fielde

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 39:5 : 5 And it came to passe from the tyme that he had made hym ouerseer of his house, and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephes sake: and the blessyng of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house and in the fielde.
  • Ps 107:36-37 : 36 And he setteth there the hungry: and they buylde them a citie to dwell in. 37 And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes: and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites.
  • Gen 26:12 : 12 Then Isahac sowed in that lande, and receaued in the same yere an hundred folde: and the Lorde blessed hym.
  • Ps 144:12-15 : 12 That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners stones grauen after the fashion as a palace is. 13 That the corners of our houses may be fylled, yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore: that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes, yea ten thousandes in our streates. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay: no leadyng into captiuitie, and no complaynyng in our streates. 15 Happy are the people that be in such a case: blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde.
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 They shall buylde houses and dwell in them, they shall plant vineyardes and eate the fruite of them. 22 They shall not buylde and another possesse, they shall not plant and another eate: but the life of my people shalbe like a tree, and mine elect shall enioy styll the worke of their handes. 23 They shall not labour in vayne, nor beget with trouble: for they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde, and their fruites with them.
  • Amos 9:13-14 : 13 Behold the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall touche the mower, and the treader of grapes hym that soweth seede, and the mountaynes shal drop sweete wine, & all the hilles shall melt. 14 And I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people of Israel, and they shall buyld the wast cities, and inhabite them: and they shall plante vineyardes, and drinke the wine therof, they shall also make gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
  • Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seede yet in the barne? as yet the vines, and the figge tree, and the pomegranate, & the oliue tree hath not brought foorth: from this day will I blesse you.
  • Zech 8:3-5 : 3 Thus saith the Lord: I wyl returne vnto Sion, & wyll dwell in the middest of Hierusalem: so that Hierusalem shalbe called, A faithful and true citie, the hil of the Lorde of hoastes, an holy hill. 4 Thus saith the lord of hoastes: There shal yet olde men & olde women dwel againe in the streetes of Hierusalem: yea, & such as go with staues in their handes for very age. 5 The streetes of the citie also shalbe ful of young boyes and damsels playing in the streetes thereof.
  • Mal 3:10-11 : 10 Bryng euery tythe into the store house, that there may be meate in myne house, and prooue me withal, saith the Lorde of hoastes: if I wyl not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and poure you out a blessing without measure. 11 And I wyl reprooue the deuourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruite of the grounde, neither shall your vine be barren in the fielde, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Ps 128:1-5 : 1 A song of high degrees. He is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God: walking in his waies. 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee. 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table. 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God. 5 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion: and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe.