Psalms 128:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

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  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.
  • Eph 6:3 : 3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
  • Ps 109:11 : 11 Let the extortioner seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor.
  • Isa 62:8 : 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no longer give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your wine, for which you have labored:
  • Isa 65:13 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed;
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep.
  • Deut 28:11 : 11 And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.
  • Deut 28:39 : 39 You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your kine, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you.
  • 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, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
  • Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

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  • Ps 128:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.

    4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

    5 The LORD shall bless you out of Zion; and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

  • Deut 30:9
    76%

    9 And the LORD your God will make you abundant in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:

  • Deut 28:2-6
    5 verses
    76%

    2 And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

    3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

    4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep.

    5 Blessed shall be your basket and your store.

    6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

  • Deut 12:7
    76%

    7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

  • Ps 128:1
    75%

    1 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways.

  • Deut 28:8
    75%

    8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Deut 8:10
    75%

    10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Deut 28:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you.

    12 The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.

  • Isa 3:10
    74%

    10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

  • Eccl 2:24
    74%

    24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

  • Eccl 9:7
    74%

    7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

  • Eph 6:3
    74%

    3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

  • Ps 37:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

    4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
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    73%

    18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

    19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • Lev 25:19
    73%

    19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

  • Ps 92:4
    72%

    4 For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work: I will triumph in the works of your hands.

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

  • Prov 24:27
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    27 Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterward build your house.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Eccl 3:13
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    13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

  • Deut 8:12
    72%

    12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Deut 6:11
    72%

    11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;

  • Jer 29:5
    72%

    5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.

  • Ps 144:15
    72%

    15 Happy is that people who are in such a case: yes, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27 She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Deut 6:18
    72%

    18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

  • Prov 5:10
    71%

    10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

  • Prov 3:23
    71%

    23 Then you will walk in your way safely, and your foot will not stumble.

  • Prov 31:31
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    31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 3:8
    71%

    8 It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

  • Ps 127:2
    71%

    2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Prov 16:20
    71%

    20 He who deals wisely in a matter will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Prov 28:19
    71%

    19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 10:4
    71%

    4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Ps 115:15
    71%

    15 You are blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6 And thus shall you say to him who lives in prosperity, Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace to all that you have.

  • Ps 112:2
    71%

    2 His descendants shall be mighty upon the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.