My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
Proverbs 10:22 - Tree of Life Version The blessing of Adonai brings wealth and He adds no trouble with it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
Not a thread or even a sandal strap of all that is yours will I take, so you will not say, ‘I’ve made Abram rich!’
Adonai has blessed my master very much so that he has become great, and He has given to him flocks of sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male slaves and female slaves, camels and donkeys.
Then Isaac sowed in that land and in that year reaped a hundredfold. Adonai blessed him
and the man became great and continued to become greater until he became very great.
You shall speak to him saying, ‘Thus says Adonai: Have you murdered and then taken possession?’ You shall also speak to him saying, ‘Thus says Adonai: In the same place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood too.’”
Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me, and enlarge my territory. Let Your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I might not suffer pain.” Adonai granted what he asked.
But Amaziah said to the man of God, “And what is to be done about the 100 talents that I have given to the Israelite troops?” The man of God answered, “Adonai is able to give you much more than that.”
Now Hezekiah had very abundant riches and honor. He even made treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and for all kinds of valuables,
Moreover, he built towns and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very many possessions.
He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
In vain you rise up early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil— for He provides for His beloved ones even in their sleep.
For His blessed ones inherit the land. But those He curses will be cut off.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is foolishness.
An estate acquired quickly in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him.
At the end of ten days their appearance looked better and their bodies healthier than all the youths who ate the king’s food.
“I will send it out”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“and it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears falsely by My Name and will reside inside his house destroying it, both its wood and its stones.”
So now, look! I have brought the first of the fruits of the soil that You have given me, Adonai.’ Then you are to set it down before Adonai your God and worship before Adonai your God.
Adonai will make you overflow in prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil—on the land Adonai swore to your fathers to give you.
But you, just keep yourselves from the things under the ban. Otherwise you would make yourselves accursed by taking of the things under the ban, and so you would make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.