GOD (PART 9)
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
GEN 1:29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face
of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will
be yours for food.
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all
the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of
life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any
tree in the garden;
8:22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number and fill the earth.
3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you
the green plants, I now give you everything.
22:14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day
it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the
stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will
take possession of the cities of their enemies,
28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will
watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and
clothes to wear
21 so that I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my
God
49:24 But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because
of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock
of Israel,
25 because of your father's God, who helps you, because of the Almighty,
who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep
that lies below, blessings of the breast and womb.
EXO 23:22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I
will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
34:24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and
no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear
before the LORD your God.
LEV 25:20 You may ask, "What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not
plant or harvest our crops?"
21 I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will
yield enough for three years.
22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop
and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes
in.
26:4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its
crops and the trees of the field their fruit.
5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest
will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and
live in safety in your land.
6 "'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will
make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword
will not pass through your country.
10 You will still be eating last year's harvest when you will have to move
it out to make room for the new.
DEU 1:10 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you
are as many as the stars in the sky.
2:7 The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He
has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years
the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.
4:4 but all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive
today.
5:29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!
7:13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will
bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land--your grain, new wine
and oil--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land
that he swore to your forefathers to give you.
14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or
women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young.
15 The LORD will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on
you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on
all who hate you.
8:3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,
which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does
not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the
LORD.
18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability
to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your
forefathers, as it is today.
10:18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the
alien, giving him food and clothing.
11:12 It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your
God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
12:7 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families
shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to,
because the LORD your God has blessed you.
15:4 However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD
your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless
you,
5 if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all
these commands I am giving you today.
6 For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will
lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many
nations but none will rule over you.
29:5 During the forty years that I led you through the desert, your
clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.
32:11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that
spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.
12 The LORD alone led him; no foreign god was with him.
13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit
of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from
the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and
goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You
drank the foaming blood of the grape.
47 They are not just idle words for you--they are your life. By them you
will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
JOS 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate
on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in
it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
RTH 1:6 When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his
people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared
to return home from there.
1SA 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the
foundations of the earth are the LORD'S; upon them he has set the world.
14:6 Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, "Come, let's go over to the
outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the LORD will act in our
behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by
few."
2SA 7:8 "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty
says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock to be ruler
over my people Israel.
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your
enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of
the greatest men of the earth.
1KI 2:3 and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and
keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the
Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,
4 and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch
how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart
and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
1CH 28:8 "So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the
assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow
all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land
and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
29:12 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In
your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.
14 "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as
generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only
what comes from your hand.
16 O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for
building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all
of it belongs to you.
2CH 1:12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also
give you wealth, riches and honor, such as no king who was before you ever
had and none after you will have."
20:17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions;
stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and
Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them
tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'"
30:9 If you return to the LORD, then your brothers and your children will
be shown compassion by their captors and will come back to this land, for
the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face
from you if you return to him."
31:10 and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered,
"Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the
LORD, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the LORD has
blessed his people, and this great amount is left over."
EZR 8:22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to
protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The
gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great
anger is against all who forsake him."
NEH 9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took
possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already
dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the
full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.
JOB 5:6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble
sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 "But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before
him.
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be
counted.
10 He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.
11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your
property and find nothing missing.
25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants
like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in
season.
8:7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
20 "Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of
evildoers.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of
joy.
11:17 Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like
morning.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and
take your rest in safety.
19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court
your favor.
12:23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and
disperses them.
22:18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand
aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in
the ravines,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
29:5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my
branches.
20 My glory will remain fresh in me, the bow ever new in my hand.'
33:14 For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though man may not
perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as
they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the
sword.
19 Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in
his bones,
20 so that his very being finds food repulsive and his soul loathes the
choicest meal.
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick
out.
22 His soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the messengers of
death.
23 "Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a
thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 to be gracious to him and say, 'Spare him from going down to the pit; I
have found a ransom for him'--
25 then his flesh is renewed like a child's; it is restored as in the days
of his youth.
26 He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and shouts
for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.
27 Then he comes to men and says, 'I sinned, and perverted what was right,
but I did not get what I deserved.
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to
enjoy the light.'
29 "God does all these things to a man-- twice, even three times--
30 to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on
him.
36:11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days
in prosperity and their years in contentment.
37:6 He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be
a mighty downpour.'
7 So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from
his labor.
8 The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
9 The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
10 The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through
them.
12 At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to
do whatever he commands them.
13 He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his
love.
14 "Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders.
15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is
perfect in knowledge?
17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the
south wind,
18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast
bronze?
19 "Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because
of our darkness.
20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be
swallowed up?
21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the
wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome
majesty.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice
and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
24 Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise
in heart?"
38:25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the
thunderstorm,
26 to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and
wander about for lack of food?
39:5 "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes?
6 I gave him the wasteland as his home, the salt flats as his habitat.
PSA 21:3 You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure
gold on his head.
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever
and ever.
5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on
him splendor and majesty.
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his
name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort
me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint
my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I
will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for
his inheritance.
15 he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he
delivers them.
9 Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no
good thing.
36:6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like
the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find
refuge in the shadow of your wings.
37:3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe
pasture.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will
enjoy plenty.
22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will
be cut off.
25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous
forsaken or their children begging bread.
34 Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the
land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you
planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.
44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you
did in their days, in days long ago.
2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you
crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish.
3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm
bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your
face, for you loved them.
65:9 You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The
streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for
so you have ordained it.
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers
and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with
abundance.
12 The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with
gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with
grain; they shout for joy and sing.
67:6 Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless
us.
68:6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with
singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided
for the poor.
69:35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people
will settle there and possess it;
36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his
name will dwell there.
71:6 From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my
mother's womb. I will ever praise you.
7 I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day
long, though I know not its measure.
72:16 Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may
it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass
of the field.
78:52 But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep
through the desert.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed
their enemies.
54 Thus he brought them to the border of his holy land, to the hill
country his right hand had taken.
55 He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an
inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
81:16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the
rock I would satisfy you."
85:12 The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its
harvest.
87:5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in
her, and the Most High himself will establish her."
100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we
are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
103:3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and
compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle's.
104:10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the
mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench
their thirst.
12 The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied
by the fruit of his work.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate--
bringing forth food from the earth:
15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and
bread that sustains his heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he
planted.
17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine
trees.
18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for
the coneys.
19 The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest
prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
22 The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their
dens.
23 Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.
24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth
is full of your creatures.
25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond
number-- living things both large and small.
26 There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to
frolic there.
27 These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their
breath, they die and return to the dust.
30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of
the earth.
105:14 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
15 "Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."
16 He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of
food;
17 and he sent a man before them-- Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved
him true.
20 The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
24 The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for
their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his
servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them, his wonders in the land
of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark--for had they not rebelled
against his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
30 Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their
rulers.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their
country.
32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of
their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of
their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of
all their manhood.
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their
tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on
them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread
of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the
desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts
of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what
others had toiled for--
45 that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the
LORD.
107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this--those he redeemed from the hand
of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and
south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they
could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them
from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron
chains,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel
of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no
one to help.
13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from
their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away
their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction
because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from
their distress.
20 He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of
joy.
23 Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty
waters.
24 They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their
peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits'
end.
28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them
out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired
haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his
wonderful deeds for men.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the
council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those
who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into
flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they
could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful
harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not
let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression,
calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their
families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love
of the LORD.
111:5 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant
forever.
113:6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.
9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children.
Praise the LORD.
115:16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given
to man.
116:1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me;
I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, save me!"
5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
6 The LORD protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved
me.
7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8 For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I believed; therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
11 And in my dismay I said, "All men are liars."
12 How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
118:5 In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me
free.
6 The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
13 I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless
the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
128:2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will
be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will
be like olive shoots around your table.
4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.
5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see
the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6 and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
135:7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning
with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
136:25 and who gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.
144:12 Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and
our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will
increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no
going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people
whose God is the LORD.
146:7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed
down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the
widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and
makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people
within you.
14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of
wheat.
PRO 2:21 For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will
remain in it;
3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.
10:22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to
it.
27 The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked
are cut short.
11:10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked
perish, there are shouts of joy.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth
of the wicked it is destroyed.
31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly
and the sinner!
13:25 The righteous eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the
wicked goes hungry.
14:11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the
upright will flourish.
29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man
displays folly.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
15:6 The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of
the wicked brings them trouble.
16:7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies
live at peace with him.
9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
28:10 He who leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own
trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.
ECC 2:24 A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find
satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
5:19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables
him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work--this is a
gift of God.
ISA 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the
land;
25:4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his
distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the
breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
30:23 He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and
the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day
your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times
brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the
bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
33:16 this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be
the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and water will not fail
him.
43:20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I
provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to
my people, my chosen,
46:3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of
Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried
since your birth.
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain
you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will
rescue you.
48:17 This is what the LORD says--your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
"I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs
you in the way you should go.
21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water
flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.
51:2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When
I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many.
55:10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to
it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it
yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring
among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people
the LORD has blessed."
62:9 but those who harvest it will eat it and praise the LORD, and those
who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary."
65:13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "My servants will
eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go
thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
23 They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for
they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with
them.
JER 5:24 They do not say to themselves, 'Let us fear the LORD our God, who
gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular
weeks of harvest.'
10:13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds
rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and
brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14:22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the
skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, O LORD our God.
Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.
22:15 "Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar? Did not your
father have food and drink? He did what was right and just, so all went
well with him.
16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is
that not what it means to know me?" declares the LORD.
27:6 Now I will hand all your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.
30:19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of
rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I
will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
31:35 This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so
that its waves roar--the LORD Almighty is his name:
33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,
and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD,
saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love
endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were
before,' says the LORD.
EZE 36:9 I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will
be plowed and sown,
10 and I will multiply the number of people upon you, even the whole house
of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
11 I will increase the number of men and animals upon you, and they will
be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past
and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am
the LORD.
30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so
that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of
famine.
36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the LORD have
rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the LORD
have spoken, and I will do it.'
38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her
appointed feasts. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of
people. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
DAN 5:18 "O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar
sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.
6:20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice,
"Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve
continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?"
21 Daniel answered, "O king, live forever!
22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have
not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever
done any wrong before you, O king."
HOS 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the
grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--
which they used for Baal.
21 "In that day I will respond," declares the LORD-- "I will respond to
the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they
will respond to Jezreel.
11:3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but
they did not realize it was I who healed them.
JOE 2:21 Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has
done great things.
23 Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has
given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and spring rains, as before.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise
the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again
will my people be shamed.
AMO 4:7 "I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three
months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One
field had rain; another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to
drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
9 "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck them with
blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have
not returned to me," declares the LORD.
10 "I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men
with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils
with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me," declares
the LORD.
11 "I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were
like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to
me," declares the LORD.
12 "Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do
this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel."
9:13 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be
overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New
wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.
JON 4:6 Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah
to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy
about the vine.
HAG 2:19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and
the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.
"'From this day on I will bless you.'"
ZEC 3:7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in my ways
and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of
my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.
8:12 "The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground
will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give
all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.
9:17 How attractive and beautiful they will be! Grain will make the young
men thrive, and new wine the young women.
10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the
storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to
everyone.
MAL 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food
in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will
not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that
you will not have room enough for it.
12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a
delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.
MAT 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to
rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous.
6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more
valuable than they?
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today
and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O
you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?'
or 'What shall we wear?'
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father
knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall
to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
LUK 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or
sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered.
JOH 6:31 Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written:
'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
ACT 14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown
kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he
provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."
1CO 2:9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no
mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"--
16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a
sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come
no collections will have to be made.
2CO 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all
things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every
good work.
9 As it is written: "He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his
righteousness endures forever."
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also
supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your
righteousness.
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