and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:
Proverbs 10:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow therewith. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The blessing of the Lord–it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]. American Standard Version (1901) The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith. Common English Bible The LORD’s blessing makes a person rich, and no trouble is added to it. Catholic Public Domain Version The blessing of the Lord causes riches. Affliction will not be a companion to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them. |
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:
that I will not take a thread nor a shoelatchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and asses.
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? and thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him very much substance.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil: For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
The crown of the wise is their riches: But the folly of fools is only folly.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths which did eat of the king's meat.
I will cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
And the LORD shall 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 the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.