Psalms 128:2

American Standard Version (1901)

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
  • Eph 6:3 : 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
  • Ps 109:11 : 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
  • Isa 62:8 : 8 Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:
  • Isa 65:13 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame;
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
  • Deut 28:11 : 11 And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
  • Deut 28:39 : 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes] ; for the worm shall eat them.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; 4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
  • Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

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  • Ps 128:3-5
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    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

    4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

    5Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

  • Deut 30:9
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    9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

  • Deut 28:2-6
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    76%

    2and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

    3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

    4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

    5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

    6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

  • Deut 12:7
    76%

    7and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Ps 128:1
    75%

    1[A Song of Ascents]. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

  • Deut 28:8
    75%

    8Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Deut 8:10
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    10And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • Deut 28:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

    12Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

  • Isa 3:10
    74%

    10Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  • Eccl 2:24
    74%

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

  • Eccl 9:7
    74%

    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

  • Eph 6:3
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    3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  • Ps 37:3-4
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    73%

    3Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.

    4Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
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    73%

    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

    19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

  • Lev 25:19
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    19And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

  • Ps 92:4
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    4For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

  • Lev 26:5
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    5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Eccl 3:13
    72%

    13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

  • Deut 8:12
    72%

    12lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Deut 6:11
    72%

    11and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

  • Jer 29:5
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    5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Ps 144:15
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    15Happy is the people that is in such a case; [Yea], happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

  • Prov 5:10
    71%

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

  • Prov 3:23
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    23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.

  • Prov 31:31
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    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Prov 28:19
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    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 10:4
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    15Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

  • 1 Sam 25:6
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