2 Samuel 2:5

Good News Translation

he sent some men there with the message: “May the Lord bless you for showing your loyalty to your king by burying him.

Cross References

Genesis 14:19

blessed him, and said, “May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram!

Genesis 14:22

Abram answered, “I solemnly swear before the Lord, the Most High God, Maker of heaven and earth,

2 Samuel 15:20

You have lived here only a short time, so why should I make you wander around with me? I don't even know where I'm going. Go back and take all your people with you—and may the Lord be kind and faithful to you.”

2 Samuel 21:12

he went and got the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh in Gilead. (They had stolen them from the public square in Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged the bodies on the day they killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.)

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

Joshua 2:14

The men said to her, “May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the Lord gives us this land, we will treat you well.”

Judges 21:8

When they asked if there was some group out of the tribes of Israel that had not gone to the gathering at Mizpah, they found out that no one from Jabesh in Gilead had been there;

Ruth 1:8

she said to them, “Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the Lord be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died.

Ruth 2:20

“May the Lord bless Boaz!” Naomi exclaimed. “The Lord always keeps his promises to the living and the dead.” And she went on, “That man is a close relative of ours, one of those responsible for taking care of us.”

Ruth 3:10

“The Lord bless you,” he said. “You are showing even greater family loyalty in what you are doing now than in what you did for your mother-in-law. You might have gone looking for a young man, either rich or poor, but you haven't.

1 Samuel 11:1

About a month later King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the town of Jabesh in the territory of Gilead and besieged it. The men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will accept you as our ruler.”

1 Samuel 11:9

They said to the messengers from Jabesh, “Tell your people that before noon tomorrow they will be rescued.” When the people of Jabesh received the message, they were overjoyed

1 Samuel 15:13

Samuel went up to Saul, who greeted him, saying, “The Lord bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed the Lord's command.”

1 Samuel 23:21

Saul answered, “May the Lord bless you for being so kind to me!

1 Samuel 24:19

How often does someone catch an enemy and then let him get away unharmed? The Lord bless you for what you have done to me today!