Deuteronomy 28:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

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  • Gen 39:5 : 5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.
  • Ps 107:36-37 : 36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town; 37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
  • Gen 26:12 : 12 Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
  • Ps 144:12-15 : 12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house; 13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields. 14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places. 15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them. 22 They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands. 23 Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
  • Amos 9:13-14 : 13 See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine. 14 And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.
  • Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.
  • Zech 8:3-5 : 3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain. 4 This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old. 5 And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
  • Mal 3:10-11 : 10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it. 11 And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies
  • Ps 128:1-5 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. 2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. 4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord. 5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

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  • Deut 28:15-19
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    87%

    15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

    16 You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

    17 A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

    18 A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

    19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

  • Deut 28:4-9
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    4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

    5 A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

    6 A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.

    7 By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

    8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • Deut 28:1-2
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    1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

    2 And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 28:11-13
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    78%

    11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

    12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

    13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

  • Deut 7:13-14
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    76%

    13 And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.

    14 You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

  • Ps 128:4-5
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    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

    5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

  • Mal 3:12
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    12 And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

  • Gen 28:3-4
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    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Deut 30:9
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    9 And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:

  • Ps 128:2
    74%

    2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Ps 115:15
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    15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

  • Gen 12:2-3
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    2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

    3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Deut 11:29
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    29 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 6:10
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    10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

  • Deut 11:27
    72%

    27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

  • Ps 134:3
    72%

    3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,

  • Deut 8:10
    72%

    10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

  • Ps 37:22
    71%

    22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Isa 32:20
    71%

    20 Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

  • Deut 15:4
    71%

    4 But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

  • Num 6:24
    71%

    24 May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

  • Ruth 2:4
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    4 And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.

  • Deut 26:1
    71%

    1 Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;

  • Deut 30:1
    71%

    1 Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

  • Isa 30:23
    71%

    23 And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

  • Gen 27:28
    70%

    28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

  • Gen 28:14
    70%

    14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Deut 28:25
    70%

    25 The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deut 30:16
    70%

    16 In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

  • Ps 112:2
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    2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

  • Gen 26:3
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    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • Deut 12:7
    70%

    7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

  • Deut 15:6
    70%

    6 For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

  • Num 35:3
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    3 These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,