Psalms 128:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

When thou eatest the labours of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

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  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.
  • Eph 6:3 : 3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.
  • Ps 109:11 : 11 Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.
  • Isa 62:8 : 8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, & surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured.
  • Isa 65:13 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, my seruants shal eate, and ye shalbe hungrie: beholde, my seruants shal drinke, and ye shal be thirstie: beholde, my seruants shal reioyce, and ye shalbe ashamed.
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 And they shall build houses and inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruite of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabite: they shall not plant, and another eate: for as the dayes of the tree are the dayes of my people, and mine elect shall inioye in olde age the worke of their handes. 23 They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice?
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and ye fruite of thy ground, & the fruite of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, & ye flocks of thy sheepe.
  • Deut 28:11 : 11 And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell, and in the fruite of thy grounde, in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, to giue thee.
  • Deut 28:39 : 39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed, and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate, wine, nor oyle, neither the increase of thy kyne, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntill he haue brought thee to nought.
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, & they of the East, and came vpon them, 4 And camped by them, and destroyed the fruite of the earth, euen til thou come vnto Azzah, and left no foode for Israel, neither sheepe, nor oxe, nor asse. 5 For they went vp, and their cattel, & came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they & their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the Midianites: therefore the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord.
  • Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion. 19 (5:18) Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 128:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3 Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes round about thy table.

    4 Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.

    5 The Lorde out of Zion shall blesse thee, and thou shalt see the wealth of Ierusalem all the dayes of thy life.

  • 9 And the Lorde thy God will make thee plenteous in euery worke of thine hande, in the fruite of thy bodie, and in the fruite of thy cattel, and in the fruite of the lande for thy wealth: for the Lord will turne againe, & reioyce ouer thee to do thee good, as he reioyced ouer thy fathers,

  • Deut 28:2-6
    5 verses
    76%

    2 And all these blessings shal come on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.

    3 Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, & blessed also in the fielde.

    4 Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and ye fruite of thy ground, & the fruite of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, & ye flocks of thy sheepe.

    5 Blessed shalbe thy basket and thy dough.

    6 Blessed shalt thou be, whe thou commest in, and blessed also when thou goest out.

  • 7 And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God, and ye shall reioyce in all that yee put your hand vnto, both ye, and your housholdes, because the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • 1 A song of degrees. Blessed is euery one that feareth the Lorde and walketh in his wayes.

  • 8 The Lord shal command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses, and in all that thou settest thine hande to, and wil blesse thee in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • 10 And when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, thou shalt blesse the Lord thy God for the good land, which he hath giuen thee.

  • 14 A man shalbe satiate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall God giue vnto him.

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    11 And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell, and in the fruite of thy grounde, in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, to giue thee.

    12 The Lorde shall open vnto thee his good treasure, euen the heauen to giue rayne vnto thy kind in due season, and to blesse all the worke of thine handes: and thou shalt lende vnto many nations, but shalt not borow thy selfe.

  • 10 Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

  • 24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

  • 7 Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.

  • 3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.

  • Ps 37:3-4
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    3 Trust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

    4 And delite thy selfe in the Lorde, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
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    73%

    18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.

    19 (5:18) Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.

  • 19 And the lande shall giue her fruite, and ye shall eate your fill, and dwell therein in safetie.

  • 4 For thou, Lord, hast made mee glad by thy workes, and I wil reioyce in the workes of thine handes.

  • 5 And your threshing shall reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reache vnto sowing time, and you shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your land safely.

  • 27 Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

  • 25 Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

  • 13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. This is the gift of God.

  • 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses & dwelt therein,

  • 11 And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards & oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full,

  • 5 Buylde you houses to dwell in, and plant you gardens, and eate the fruites of them.

  • 15 Blessed are the people, that be so, yea, blessed are the people, whose God is the Lord.

  • 27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.

  • 18 And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, & that thou mayest go in, & possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

  • 10 Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

  • 23 Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.

  • 31 Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • 8 So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

  • 2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

  • 9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.

  • 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • 20 He that is wise in his busines, shall finde good: and he that trusteth in the Lord, he is blessed.

  • 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

  • 19 He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

  • 4 A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • 15 Ye are blessed of the Lorde, which made the heauen and the earth.

  • 6 And thus shal ye say for salutation, Both thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peace, wealth and prosperitie.

  • 2 His seede shall be mightie vpon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.