May our sons flourish in their youth
like well-nurtured plants.
May our daughters be like graceful pillars,
carved to beautify a palace.
May our barns be filled
with crops of every kind.
May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands,
even tens of thousands,
and may our oxen be loaded down with produce.
May there be no enemy breaking through our walls,
no going into captivity,
no cries of alarm in our town squares.
Yes, joyful are those who live like this!
Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.
May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, and may our oxen be loaded down with produce.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.
Then he will fill your barns with grain,
and your vats will overflow with good wine.
Malachi 3:10-12
"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. (see all Malachi 3)
Proverbs 14:4
Without oxen a stable stays clean,
but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.
Isaiah 51:13
"Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundation of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!" (see all Isaiah 51)
Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:2-5
"You will experience all these blessings if you obey the LORD your God:
Your towns and your fields
will be blessed.
Your children and your crops
will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be blessed.
Your fruit baskets and breadboards
will be blessed." (see Deuteronomy 28:1-14)
(parentheses are mine) Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois
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