Bible Verses About Blessings: Old Testament Tanakh Scriptures


Bible Verses About blessings From The Old Testament



1. Genesis 12:2

"I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing."


   

2. Genesis 15:1

"After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: 'Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.'"


   

3. Genesis 22:17-18

"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, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."


   

4. Genesis 24:35

"The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys."


   

5. Genesis 26:3-4

"Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed."


   

6. Genesis 27:27-29 

"So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, 'Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine. May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.'"

   


7. Genesis 28:3-4 

"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."


   

8. Genesis 30:27 

"But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.'"


   

9. Genesis 30:30 

"You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care. The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?"


   

10. Genesis 32:26 

"Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak.' But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'"


   


11. Genesis 33:11 - "Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.' And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it."


   

12. Genesis 39:5 - "From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field."


   

13. Genesis 39:5 - "From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field."



14. Exodus 12:32 - "Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me."



15. Exodus 23:25 - "Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you."



16. Leviticus 25:21 - "I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years."



17. Deuteronomy 1:11 - "May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!"



18. Deuteronomy 7:12-13 - "If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. 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 olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you."



19. Deuteronomy 14:29 - "So that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands."



20. Deuteronomy 15:4-6 - "However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. 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."



21. Deuteronomy 28:2-6 - "All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out."



22. Deuteronomy 28:8 - "The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you."



23. Deuteronomy 28:12 - "The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none."



24. Deuteronomy 30:16 - "For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess."



25. Deuteronomy 33:1 - "This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death."



26. Deuteronomy 33:7 - "About Levi he said: 'Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful servant. You tested him at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.'"



27. Deuteronomy 33:13-16 - "About Joseph he said: 'May the Lord bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below; with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield; with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills; with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.'"



28. Joshua 14:13 - "Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance."



29. 1 Samuel 2:20-21 - "Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, 'May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord.' Then they would go home. And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord."



30. 2 Samuel 6:18 - "After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty."



31. 2 Samuel 7:29 - "Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."



32. 2 Samuel 22:3 - "My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—from violent people you save me."



33. 1 Kings 1:47-48 - "The king’s officials answered him, 'May our Lord King David live forever!' Then the king said, 'Call in Bathsheba.' So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him."



34. 1 Kings 1:48 - "And the king said, 'As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble."



34. 1 Kings 1:47-48 - "The king’s officials answered him, 'May our Lord King David live forever!' Then the king said, 'Call in Bathsheba.' So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him."



36. 1 Kings 2:45 - "But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the Lord forever."



37. 1 Kings 8:15 - "And he said: 'Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said,'"




38. Proverbs 3:9-10 - "Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine."



39. Proverbs 10:6 - "Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked."



40. Proverbs 10:22 - "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it."



41. Proverbs 11:11 - "Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed."



42. Proverbs 16:7 - "When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them."



43. Proverbs 28:20 - "A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished."


44. Isaiah 19:24-25 - "In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.'"



45. Isaiah 30:18 - "Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!"



46. Isaiah 32:20 - "How blessed you will be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let out freely the ox and the donkey."



47. Isaiah 33:5 - "The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness."



48. Isaiah 44:3 - "For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants."



49. Isaiah 51:2 - "Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many."



50. Isaiah 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."



51. Isaiah 65:8-9 - "This is what the Lord says: 'As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.'"



52. Jeremiah 17:7-8 - "But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."



53. Ezekiel 34:26 - "I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing."



54. Malachi 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 there will not be room enough to store it.'"



55. Malachi 3:12 - "'Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,' says the Lord Almighty."



56. Psalm 5:12 - "Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield."



57. Psalm 20:4 - "May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."



58. Psalm 21:3 - "You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head."



59. Psalm 23:5-6 - "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."



60. Psalm 24:5 - "They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior."



61. Psalm 28:9 - "Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever."



62. Psalm 29:11 - "The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace."



63. Psalm 30:5 - "For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."



64. Psalm 31:19 - "How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you."



65. Psalm 34:8 - "Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him."



66. Psalm 37:22 - "Those the Lord blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed."



67. Psalm 37:26 - "They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing."



68. Psalm 40:4 - "Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods."



69. Psalm 41:1 - "Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble."



70. Psalm 65:4 - "Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple."



71. Psalm 67:1 - "May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us."



72. Psalm 67:6-7 - "The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him."



73. Psalm 84:4 - "Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you."



74. Psalm 84:5 - "Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage."



75. Psalm 89:15 - "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord."



76. Psalm 89:52 - "Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen."



77. Psalm 90:17 - "May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands."



78. Psalm 92:12 - "The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God."



79. Psalm 94:12 - "Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;"



80. Psalm 103:1-2 - "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—"



81. Psalm 103:11-12 - "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."



82. Psalm 103:17-18 - "But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts."



83. Psalm 112:1-3 - "Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever."



84. Psalm 115:13-15 - "He will bless those who fear the Lord—small and great alike. May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."



85. Psalm 119:1-2 - "Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart."



86. Psalm 128:1-2 - "Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours."



87. Psalm 128:5-6 - "May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you live to see your children’s children—peace be on Israel."



88. Psalm 133:3 - "It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore."



89. Psalm 144:1-2 - "Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me."



90. Psalm 147:13 - "He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you."



91. Proverbs 8:32-34 - "Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it. Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway."



92. Proverbs 10:22 - "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it."



93. Proverbs 11:11 - "Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed."



94. Proverbs 16:20 - "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord."



95. Proverbs 28:20 - "A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished."



96. Isaiah 1:19 - "If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land."



97. Isaiah 19:25 - "The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.'"



98. Isaiah 30:18 - "Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!"



99. Isaiah 32:20 - "How blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free."



100. Isaiah 44:3 - "For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants."








These verses highlight the abundant blessings that God bestows upon His people in the Old Testament, emphasizing themes of prosperity, protection, favor, and the importance of obedience and faithfulness.