Löydetty 108 Tulokset: Blessing of Jabez
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, (Deuteronomy 30, 19)
This is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, pronounced upon the Israelites before he died. (Deuteronomy 33, 1)
And all Israel, stranger and native alike, with their elders, officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark facing the levitical priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Half of them were facing Mount Gerizim and half Mount Ebal, thus carrying out the instructions of Moses, the servant of the LORD, for the blessing of the people of Israel on this first occasion. (Joshua 8, 33)
(For, to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had given a portion along with their kinsmen west of the Jordan.) What Joshua said to them when he sent them off to their tents with his blessing was, (Joshua 22, 7)
I said to myself, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not yet sought the LORD'S blessing.' So in my anxiety I offered up the holocaust." (1 Samuel 13, 12)
Do, then, bless the house of your servant that it may be before you forever; for you, Lord GOD, have promised, and by your blessing the house of your servant shall be blessed forever." (2 Samuel 7, 29)
Falling prostrate to the ground in homage and blessing the king, Joab said, "This day I know that I am in good favor with you, my lord the king, since the king has granted the request of his servant." (2 Samuel 14, 22)
The clans of the Sopherim dwelling in Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. They were the Kenites, who came from Hammath of the ancestor of the Rechabites. (1 Chronicles 2, 55)
Jabez was the most distinguished of the brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I bore him with pain." (1 Chronicles 4, 9)
Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: "Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! Help me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!" And God granted his prayer. (1 Chronicles 4, 10)
The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "Arise, bless the LORD, your God, from eternity to eternity!" The Israelites answered with the blessing, "Blessed is your glorious name, and exalted above all blessing and praise." (Nehemiah 9, 5)
for they would not succor the Israelites with food and water, but they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing." (Nehemiah 13, 2)