Psalms 128:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee.

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  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes, and God deferreth, geuing hym long life, therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God, whiche haue hym before their eyes.
  • Eph 6:3 : 3 That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth.
  • Ps 109:11 : 11 Let the extortioner bryng into his snare all that he hath: and let straungers spoyle his labour.
  • Isa 62:8 : 8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, that from hencefoorth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne enemies, nor thy vine wherein thou hast laboured, to be drinke for the straungers.
  • Isa 65:13 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Beholde, my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall haue hunger: beholde, my seruauntes shall drinke, but ye shall suffer thirst: beholde, my seruauntes shalbe merie, but ye shalbe confounded:
  • 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.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse?
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therfore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmouable, alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.
  • Deut 28:11 : 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goodes, in the fruite of thy body, in the fruite of thy cattell, & in the fruite of thy grounde, in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee.
  • Deut 28:39 : 39 Thou shalt plant a vineyarde and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, neither gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 The same shall eate the fruite of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy lande, vntill he haue destroyed thee: and shall leaue thee neither corne, wyne, nor oyle, neither the encrease of thy kine, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntyll he haue brought thee to naught:
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 And when Israel had sowen, then came vp the Madianites, the Amalechites, and they of the east, and came vp agaynst them, 4 And pitched their tentes against them, and destroyed the encrease of the earth, euen tyll thou come vnto Azah, & left no sustenaunce for Israel, neither sheepe, oxe, nor asse: 5 For they went vp, they and their cattel, and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entred into the land to destroy it. 6 And so was Israel exceedingly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites, and cried vnto the Lorde.
  • Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion. 19 For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches, goodes, and power, he geueth it him to enioy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refresshed of his labour: this is the gyft of God.

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    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.

  • Deut 30:9
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    9 (And the Lorde thy God wyll make thee plenteous in al the workes of thine hande, in the fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell, and in the fruite of thy lande, for thy wealth: For the Lorde wyll turne agayne and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good, as he reioyced ouer thy fathers.

  • Deut 28:2-6
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    2 And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee, if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God.

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

    4 Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.

    5 Blessed shalbe thy basket & thy store.

    6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out, & blessed when thou commest in.

  • Deut 12:7
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    7 And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God, and ye shall reioyce in all that ye put your hande vnto, both ye and your housholdes, wherin the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Ps 128:1
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    1 A song of high degrees. He is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God: walking in his waies.

  • Deut 28:8
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    8 The Lord shall commaunde the blessing vpon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thyne hande to, and wyll blesse thee in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

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    10 When thou hast eaten therfore & filled thy selfe, thou shalt blesse the Lorde thy God for the good lande whiche he hath geuen thee.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • Deut 28:11-12
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    11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goodes, in the fruite of thy body, in the fruite of thy cattell, & in the fruite of thy grounde, in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee.

    12 The Lorde shall open vnto thee his good treasure, euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy land in due season, & to blesse all thy labours of thy hande: And thou shalt lende vnto many nations, but shalt not borowe thy selfe.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24 Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7 Go thou thy way then, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a glad heart, for thy workes please god:

  • Eph 6:3
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    3 That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth.

  • Ps 37:3-4
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    3 Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.

    4 Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
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    18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.

    19 For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches, goodes, and power, he geueth it him to enioy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refresshed of his labour: this is the gyft of God.

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    19 And the lande shall geue her fruite, and ye shall eate your fyll, and dwell therin in safetie.

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    4 For thou God hast made me glad thorowe thy workes: I do reioyce in the workes of thy handes.

  • Lev 26:5
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    5 And your thresshyng shal reache vnto the vintage, & the vintage shall reache vnto sowyng tyme: and ye shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your lande safely.

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    27 Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.

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    25 Thou shalt not eate it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee: But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde.

  • Eccl 3:13
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    13 For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.

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    12 Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein:

  • Deut 6:11
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    11 Houses full of all maner of goodes which thou filledst not, & welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyardes and oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten & art full:

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    5 Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.

  • Ps 144:15
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    15 Happy are the people that be in such a case: blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27 She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18 And thou shalt do that which is right & good in the sight of the Lorde: that thou mayst prosper, and that thou mayst go in, & possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers,

  • Prov 5:10
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    10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

  • Prov 3:23
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    23 Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way, and thy foote shall not stumble.

  • Prov 31:31
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    31 Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

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    8 So shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones strong.

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  • Eccl 9:9
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    9 Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne.

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    30 Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes.

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    20 He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

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    15 Ye are the blessed of God: which made heauen and earth.

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    2 His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed.