Blessings & Protection Verses
God's favor, divine protection, and abundant blessings promised to those who walk in His ways.
And they gave {them} drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. {royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom} {state: Heb. hand}
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. {substance: or, cattle}
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
A dreadful sound {is} in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}
He runneth upon him, {even} on {his} neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Or darkness, {that} thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me: