Bible Promises for Life E-Book

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• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

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"The earth and sky will wear out and fade away before one word I speak loses its power or fails to accomplish its purpose." Matthew 24:35, The Passion Translation What a wonderful promise—one of many that God has for you and every one of your needs. These promises do not change; they are always true. They are for all people and for all time because they reflect the heart and character of God. Bible Promises for Life is a powerful resource and your complete handbook to everything God guarantees in his Word, giving you the confidence you need to face life's troubles.  Over 2,000 promises arranged into 145 topics in alphabetical order makes this book the perfect reference when you need God's reassurance most. Keep a copy on your nightstand and give one to a friend. God's promises will never lose their power or fail to accomplish their purpose in your life! 

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Bible Promises for Life

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CONTENTS

How to Use this Book of God’s Promises

Abandonment

Abundance

Acceptance

Adoption

Anger

Anxiety

Assurance

Atonement

Authority

Belief

Belonging

Blessing

Brokenhearted

Calling

Care

Chosen

Church

Comfort

Companionship

Compassion

Condemnation

Confession

Confidence

Contentment

Courage

Covenant

Creation

Death

Defense

Deliverance

Depression

Discipleship

Discipline

Disobedience

Enemies

Eternal Life

Fairness

Faith

Faithfulness

Family

Fear

Forgiveness

Freedom

Friendship

Fruit

Fulfillment

Future

Generosity

Glory

God

Goodness

Gospel

Grace

Guidance

Healing

Heaven

Help

Holiness

Holy Spirit

Hope

Humility

Hunger

Identity

Idolatry

Jesus

Joy

Judgment

Justice

Justification

Kindness

Kingdom

Leadership

Liberation

Life

Loneliness

Love

Mercy

New Birth

Obedience

Patience

Peace

Persecution

Perseverance

Plans

Poverty

Power

Prayer

Presence

Prophecy

Prosperity

Protection

Provision

Punishment

Purity

Purpose

Reconciliation

Redemption

Refuge

Relationship

Religion

Remembrance

Renewal

Repentance

Rescue

Rest

Restoration

Resurrection

Revelation

Reward

Righteousness

Sacrifice

Sadness

Safety

Salvation

Satisfaction

Savior

Scripture

Security

Self-Control

Shame

Sin

Sovereignty

Spiritual Gifts

Stability

Strength

Success

Suffering

Support

Temptation

Testing

The Law

Transformation

Trust

Truth

Understanding

Unity

Victory

Weariness

Wickedness

Wisdom

Wonders

Work

Worry

Worship

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK OF GOD’S PROMISES

There is a wonderfully rich hymn that should be the anthem of every Christian. The refrain goes like this:

Standing, standing,

Standing on the promises of God my Savior;

Standing, standing,

I’m standing on the promises of God.1

This is the kind of song you sing at the top of your lungs when you’re faced with an eviction notice or pink slip, when you get that unexpected phone call or unwanted medical result. Russell Carter’s song is rooted in an encouraging promise from God’s Word that reminds us, “The earth and sky will wear out and fade away before one word I speak loses its power or fails to accomplish its purpose” (Matthew 24:35 TPT).

What a wonderful promise, one of many that God has spoken over your life. Did you know there are hundreds of similar guarantees from God for every one of your needs?

From fears to forgiveness, provision to protection, security and God’s ultimate salvation through his Son, these promises don’t change and are always true. They are for all people, for all time, because they reflect the character of God and his ultimate purpose: the all-embracing blessing and flourishing of the world in and through Jesus Christ.

At the center of all God’s promises is the Hebrew word berit, the word for “covenant.” It’s one of the Bible’s most important themes and crucial for unlocking numerous verses that remind us of what our heavenly Father has personally guaranteed.

Covenant is different from contract, because the intent is to form and solidify a relationship. It’s the difference between a business contract with your mortgage company and a marriage relationship with your spouse—in sickness and in health, till death parts you!

At the heart of covenant is a relationship between God and people, a relationship characterized by faithfulness and loyal love. While people are anything but faithful and loyal, the promises of the Bible are guaranteed because the God who created his berit has hesed.

English Bibles often translate hesed as “loving kindness” or “steadfast love.” These definitions really don’t capture the true nature of this rich Hebrew word, however. At the center of the character of God isn’t just loving kindness, but a fierce, faithful covenantal loyalty.

A passage from the book of Jonah captures best the true character of God, who is “a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity” (4:2 NIV). This refrain is repeated through the Hebrew Scriptures to remind those people and us today that God is loyal to the relationship he’s formed, a relationship formed by a covenant that has as its goal the ultimate restoration of the world.

The glue that binds all biblical covenants together is God’s re-creative purpose of universal divine blessing. With each of the Bible’s covenants—from Noah to Abraham, the kings to Israel, and to the Church—God has had one ultimate unifying goal: to restore this broken world to the way he originally envisioned it in the beginning before the fall.

That ultimate goal is what you should keep in mind as you explore this handbook and let it guide your life. All God’s promises are founded upon God’s ultimate plan: the one God, requiring obedience and loyalty from his special people, who are saved through his promised Savior and forgiven of their sins in order to be re-created anew.

What this means is that the gospel—God’s story of rescue and re-creation through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection—is at the heart of God’s promises. All God’s divine promises have their fulfillment in what the Father did in and through his Son on the cross, signing a new covenant in his blood!

This everlasting covenant absolutely guarantees God’s promises and purposes for our lives—both now and in the future. While Jesus’ death and resurrection set into motion the fulfillment of all God’s promises, we still await their ultimate, final fulfillment when everything will be made new!

But this gets to two important questions: Who are all God’s promises meant for, and which of his promises still matter today? Are they for those people in the Bible or can they be for us too? Yes!

Throughout the Bible we see that God gave promises to three groups of people: individuals (like Abraham and David), the nations (usually Israel), and every person (like you). Sometimes Bible teachers refer to these as general versus specific Bible promises.

General promises are ones God has given to every one of his people, in every age—first to Jews and then to non-Jews who’ve been “grafted in” to God’s family. In the Psalms, for instance, God promises to “never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people” (Psalm 94:14 MSG). While this promise was originally given to Israel, now Christians are also included because of Christ. God also promises that through Jesus, “We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him” (Colossians 1:14 HCSB). There are lots of these promises given to every person who is a child of God for every one of their needs!

A specific promise is something God promised to a specific person or group of people, mainly the children of Israel. For instance, early in Genesis God gave this promise to Abraham: “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great” (Genesis 12:2 ESV). And in an often-quoted passage in Jeremiah, God promised Israel, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (29:11 NIV).

Understanding these two kinds of promises helps us discern how to apply the hundreds of guarantees found in God’s Word to our lives today. A few other principles will also help you:

1.Check the context. Often a promise is part of a bigger story, like Abraham’s or Israel’s. Referencing your Bible will help you determine the promise’s background.

2.Look for “if.” Some of God’s promises are conditional—meaning “if” you do something, “then” God will do something. This is important because many of God’s promises help us yield to his will in obedience.

3.Seek God’s Character. Whether a promise is general or specific, the character of God will be evident. This “character principle” will help you discern how God’s personal assurances are relevant and applicable to your own life.

Consider this verse on forgiveness: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV).

The surrounding context makes it clear that “my people” refers to Israel. There’s also a condition: If his people will humble themselves, pray, and repent, then God will hear, forgive, and heal them. While this specific promise was given to a specific group of people, we can see a broader “character principle” here: God is ready, willing, and able to forgive people of their sins and put them to right! So even though this is a specific promise, we can still claim it as our own when we need to feel and know God’s forgiveness.

How about the promise from Genesis 12 above, the one about God making Abraham a great nation? Does that mean God promises every person a house full of kids? Not exactly. Obviously this was a specific promise given to Abraham. Yet it reminds us that the God who provided a very old Abraham and Sarah a son is the same God who has a plan and purpose for you. The Holy Spirit often uses verses like this to show us that God really can be trusted with every ounce of our lives—even our families.

What you are holding is the ultimate handbook to every one of your needs, because it brings together in one place all the personal guarantees God has given to us in his Word. Here are a few things to keep in mind when using this handbook:

1.The more than 2,100 promises in this guide are arranged in 145 relevant life topics, and in alphabetical order—making it the perfect reference when you need God’s reassurance most.

2.Some people use promise books at certain moments when they are down and need to be encouraged, discouraged and need to be lifted up, or searching for a reminder of who God is and what he has promised to do for them. If this describes you, then simply flip to the topic that describes your need most.

3.Other people use these kinds of books as devotionals, choosing to start at the front and work their way to the back in order to learn more about God’s assurances and his character behind them. If you choose this route, keep a journal handy to jot down what you’re learning and how these specific promises apply to your life.

4.Regardless of how you approach this book, remember to pray and listen. We’ve chosen to only include Scripture, rather than devotional or verse study notes, because we believe in the power of God’s Word and Spirit to speak to us in our times of need and study.

5.Be open to how God might apply these promises to your specific needs. Even though a promise might have been specifically given to a person or to Israel, God often highlights Scriptures to us as we read, bringing direct application to our own lives.

6.Finally, be ready for God to reveal himself through these promise verses. Expect him to reveal his heart of love and loyalty and revelation-light to you in deeper ways. And be open to being challenged, corrected, and changed—even while you anticipate him to fulfilling his promises to you!

In the end, each of God’s promises aren’t about us and our needs—they’re about God, his character, and his divine purposes. The only reason we can stand on the promises of God at all is because he is fiercely loyal, overly gracious, quick to show compassion, slow to anger, and all loving.

The Bible describes God’s Word as a sword, a weapon you can use to combat your enemy. It is power, which means that by holding this book you are armed with a sure defense for any occasion. God’s promises will never lose their power or fail to accomplish their purpose in your life—all for his glory, purpose, and fame!

Stand upon the promises of God.

1   Russell K. Carter, Standing on the Promises of God (Public Domain, pub. 1886).

ABANDONMENT

God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

EXODUS 3:12 NLT

My father and mother walked out and left me,

but GOD took me in.

PSALM 27:10 MSG

GOD will never walk away from his people,

never desert his precious people.

PSALM 94:14 MSG

For no one is abandoned

by the Lord forever.

LAMENTATIONS 3:31 NLT

We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:9 NLT

ABUNDANCE

“You may ask, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?’ I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.”

LEVITICUS 25:20–21 NIV

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,

your dwellings, Israel.

They stretch out like river valleys,

like gardens beside a stream,

like aloes the LORD has planted,

like cedars beside the water.

Water will flow from his buckets,

and his seed will be by abundant water.

His king will be greater than Agag,

and his kingdom will be exalted.

NUMBERS 24:5–7 HCSB

So it shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full.

DEUTERONOMY 6:10–11 NKJV

GOD is about to bring you into a good land, a land with brooks and rivers, springs and lakes, streams out of the hills and through the valleys. It’s a land of wheat and barley, of vines and figs and pomegranates, of olives, oil, and honey. It’s a land where you’ll never go hungry—always food on the table and a roof over your head. It’s a land where you’ll get iron out of rocks and mine copper from the hills.

DEUTERONOMY 8:7–9 MSG

But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, a land that the LORD your God cares for. The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

DEUTERONOMY 11:11–12 ESV

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.

DEUTERONOMY 28:8 NIV

The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

DEUTERONOMY 28:11 NIV

GOD will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won’t have to take out a loan. GOD will make you the head, not the tail; you’ll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of GOD, your God, that I am commanding you today.

DEUTERONOMY 28:12–13 MSG

All may drink of the anointing from the abundance of your house!

All may drink their fill from the delightful springs of Eden.

PSALM 36:8 TPT

Your visitations of glory bless the earth;

the rivers of God overflow and enrich it.

You paint the wheat fields golden as you provide rich harvests.

PSALM 65:9 TPT

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.

PROVERBS 3:9–10 NLT

Those who work their land will have abundant food,

but those who chase fantasies have no sense.

PROVERBS 12:11 NIV

The lovers of God will have more than enough,

but the wicked will always lack what they crave.

PROVERBS 13:25 TPT

Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers

and singing and joy!

The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,

as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.

There the LORD will display his glory,

the splendor of our God.

ISAIAH 35:2 NLT

“In those days people will live in the houses they build

and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.”

ISAIAH 65:21 NLT

This is what the LORD says:

“I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity.

The wealth of the nations will flow to her.

Her children will be nursed at her breasts,

carried in her arms, and held on her lap.”

ISAIAH 66:12 NLT

“I will satisfy the priests with abundance,

and my people will be filled with my bounty,”

declares the LORD.

JEREMIAH 31:14 NIV

The threshing floors will be full of grain,

and the vats will overflow

with new wine and olive oil.

JOEL 2:24 HCSB

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge

1 CORINTHIANS 1:5 NIV

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

2 CORINTHIANS 9:10 NLT

Everything heaven contains has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts!

EPHESIANS 1:3 TPT

ACCEPTANCE

The LORD is a friend to those who fear him.

He teaches them his covenant.

PSALM 25:14 NLT

“For a brief moment I abandoned you,

but with great compassion I will take you back.”

ISAIAH 54:7 NLT

And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of Full Acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father, Abba!”

ROMANS 8:15 TPT

Remember the prophecy God gave in Hosea:

“To those who were rejected and not my people,

I will say to them: ‘You are mine.’

And to those who were unloved I will say:

‘You are my darling.’”

ROMANS 9:25 TPT

Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

GALATIANS 4:7 NLT

ADOPTION

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

ROMANS 8:14 NLT

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

ROMANS 8:16–17 HCSB

It is not merely the natural offspring of Abraham who are considered the children of God; rather, the children born because of God’s promise are counted as descendants.

ROMANS 9:8 TPT

“I will be a Father to you,

And you shall be My sons and daughters,

Says the LORD Almighty.”

2 CORINTHIANS 6:18 NKJV

But when that era came to an end and the time of fulfillment had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the written law. Yet all of this was so that he would redeem and set free all those held hostage to the written law so that we would receive our freedom and a full legal adoption as his children.

GALATIANS 4:4–5 TPT

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

EPHESIANS 1:5 NLT

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hoped in which we glory.

HEBREWS 3:6 NIV

What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.

1 JOHN 3:1 MSG

ANGER

A gentle answer deflects anger,

but harsh words make tempers flare.

PROVERBS 15:1 NLT

Good sense makes one slow to anger,

and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

PROVERBS 19:11 ESV

Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

JAMES 1:20 NLT

ANXIETY

Surrender your anxiety!

Be silent and stop your striving

and you will see that I am God.

I am the God above all the nations,

and I will be exalted throughout the whole earth.

PSALM 46:11 TPT

“So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.”

MATTHEW 6:31–32 HCSB

“Listen to me. Never let anxiety enter your hearts. Never worry about any of your needs, such as food or clothing. For your life is infinitely more than just food or the clothing you wear.”

LUKE 12:22–23 TPT

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

1 PETER 5:7 NIV

ASSURANCE

“Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

GENESIS 18:14 NIV

GOD said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn’t it I, GOD? So, get going. I’ll be right there with you—with your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.”

EXODUS 4:11–12 MSG

The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

EXODUS 33:14 NIV

The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

NUMBERS 11:23 HCSB

God is not man, that he should lie,

or a son of man, that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

NUMBERS 23:19 ESV

“No misfortune is seen in Jacob,

no misery observed in Israel.

The LORD their God is with them;

the shout of the King is among them.”

NUMBERS 23:21 NIV

“No magic spells can bind Jacob,

no incantations can hold back Israel.

People will look at Jacob and Israel and say,

‘What a great thing has God done!’”

NUMBERS 23:23 MSG

ATONEMENT

“For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.”

LEVITICUS 17:11 NIV

“The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the LORD for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering. The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.”

NUMBERS 15:25–26 NIV

“I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am Yahweh, so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

EZEKIEL 16:62–63 HCSB

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 JOHN 2:1–2 NIV

AUTHORITY

“I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.”

DEUTERONOMY 18:18–19 ESV

So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership, and lay your hand on him. Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in their presence. Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him. He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

NUMBERS 27:18–21 NIV

All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.”

1 CHRONICLES 11:1–2 NIV

BELIEF

Therefore the Lord GOD said:

“Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,

a tested stone,

a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;

the one who believes will be unshakable.”

ISAIAH 28:16 HCSB

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

MARK 9:23 NKJV

Jesus shouted out passionately, “To believe in me is to believe in God who sent me. For when you look at me you are seeing the One who sent me. I have come as a light to shine in this dark world so that all who trust in me will no longer wander in darkness.”

JOHN 12:44–46 TPT

“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

JOHN 20:29 NIV

Jesus ordered us to preach and warn the people that God had appointed him to be the judge of the living and the dead. And not only us, but all of the prophets agree in their writings that everyone who believes in him receives complete forgiveness of sins through the power of his name.

ACTS 10:42–43 TPT

But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.

ROMANS 4:5 HCSB

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble

and a rock that makes them fall,

and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

ROMANS 9:33 NIV

For the Scriptures encourage us with these words:

“Everyone who believes in him will never be disappointed.”

ROMANS 10:11 TPT

Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:21 NLT

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

1 JOHN 5:13 HCSB

BELONGING

“You will be My people,

and I will be your God.”

JEREMIAH 30:22 HCSB

“However, your real source of joy isn’t merely that these spirits submit to your authority, but that your names are written in the journals of heaven and that you belong to God’s kingdom. This is the true source of your authority.”

LUKE 10:20 TPT

Jesus, the Holy One, makes us holy. And as sons and daughters, we now belong to his same Father, so he is not ashamed or embarrassed to introduce us as his brothers and sisters!

HEBREWS 2:11 TPT

BLESSING

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

GENESIS 12:2–3 ESV

“I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

GENESIS 22:17–18 NLT

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.

GENESIS 39:5 NIV

Then [Israel] blessed Joseph and said:

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm—

may He bless these boys.

And may they be called by my name

and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,

and may they grow to be numerous within the land.”

GENESIS 48:15–16 HCSB

“You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered.”

EXODUS 20:24 HCSB

“The LORD bless you and keep you;

The LORD make His face shine upon you,

And be gracious to you.”

NUMBERS 6:24–25 NKJV

“The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude. May the LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!”

DEUTERONOMY 1:10–11 NKJV

GOD, your God, has blessed you in everything you have done. He has guarded you in your travels through this immense wilderness. For forty years now, GOD, your God, has been right here with you. You haven’t lacked one thing.

DEUTERONOMY 2:7 MSG

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil—the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you.

DEUTERONOMY 7:13 HCSB

You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no infertile male or female among you or your livestock.

DEUTERONOMY 7:14 HCSB

See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.

DEUTERONOMY 11:26–28 ESV

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD is certain to bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance.

DEUTERONOMY 15:4 HCSB

Oh yes—GOD, your God, will bless you just as he promised. You will lend to many nations but won’t borrow from any; you’ll rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

DEUTERONOMY 15:6 MSG

You are to hold a seven-day festival for the LORD your God in the place He chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you will have abundant joy.

DEUTERONOMY 16:15 HCSB

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

DEUTERONOMY 28:3 HCSB

Your children and your crops will be blessed.

The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.

DEUTERONOMY 28:4 NLT

Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

DEUTERONOMY 28:5 HCSB

GOD’S blessing in your coming in, GOD’S blessing in your going out.

DEUTERONOMY 28:6 MSG

“Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.”

DEUTERONOMY 30:15–16 NLT

Blessed is the one whom God corrects;

so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds, but he also binds up;

he injures, but his hands also heal.

JOB 5:17–18 NIV

Blessed is the one

who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

or sit in the company of mockers,

but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,

and who meditates on his law day and night.

PSALM 1:1–2 NIV

For You, LORD, bless the righteous one;

You surround him with favor like a shield.

PSALM 5:12 HCSB

You prepare a feast for me

in the presence of my enemies.

You honor me by anointing my head with oil.

My cup overflows with blessings.

PSALM 23:5 NLT

He will receive blessing from the LORD,

and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

PSALM 24:5 HCSB

For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,

But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.

PSALM 37:22 NKJV

Blessed is the one

who trusts in the LORD,

who does not look to the proud,

to those who turn aside to false gods.

PSALM 40:4 NIV

God always blesses those who are

kind to the poor and helpless.

They’re the first ones God helps

when they find themselves in any trouble.

PSALM 41:1 TPT

Praise the LORD!

Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,

Who delights greatly in His commandments.

PSALM 112:1 NKJV

Yes! He will bless his lovers who bow before him,

no matter who they are.

PSALM 115:13 TPT

He strengthens the bars of your gates

and blesses your people within you.

PSALM 147:13 NIV

You’re blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom,

when you make friends with Madame Insight.

PROVERBS 3:13 MSG

The wicked walk under God’s constant curse.

But godly lovers walk under a stream of his blessing

for they seek to do what is right.

PROVERBS 3:33 TPT

The blessing of the LORD makes a person rich,

and he adds no sorrow with it.

PROVERBS 10:22 NLT

The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed;

those who help others are helped.

PROVERBS 11:25 MSG

Good people obtain favor from the LORD,

but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

PROVERBS 12:2 NIV

Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always,

but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

PROVERBS 28:14 ESV

“I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.”

EZEKIEL 34:26 NKJV

Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

MATTHEW 11:4–6 NIV

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.”

MATTHEW 16:17 NIV

“For he set his tender gaze upon me, his lowly servant girl.

And from here on, everyone will know that I have been favored and blessed.

The Mighty One has worked a mighty miracle for me; holy is his name!”

LUKE 1:48–49 TPT

“Now go back and tell John what you have just seen and heard here today. The blind are now seeing. The crippled are now walking. Those who were lepers are now cured. Those who were deaf are now hearing. Those who were dead are now raised back to life. The poor and broken are given the hope of salvation. And tell John these words: ‘The blessing of heaven comes upon those who never lose their faith in me no matter what happens.’”

LUKE 7:22–23 TPT

“Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”

JOHN 13:16–17 NIV

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

1 PETER 3:8–9 NKJV

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

REVELATION 1:3 NIV

“Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

REVELATION 16:15 NLT

“Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”

REVELATION 19:9 NKJV

BROKENHEARTED

He heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

PSALM 147:3 NIV

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me,

for the LORD has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted

and proclaim that captives will be released

and prisoners will be freed.

He has sent me to tell those who mourn

that the time of the LORD’s favor has come,

and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.

ISAIAH 61:1–2 NLT

CALLING

“I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.

I will take you by the hand and guard you,

and I will give you to my people, Israel,

as a symbol of my covenant with them.”

ISAIAH 42:6 NLT

“And you will be a light to guide the nations.

You will open the eyes of the blind.

You will free the captives from prison,

releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.”

ISAIAH 42:6–7 NLT

Listen to me, all you in distant lands!

Pay attention, you who are far away!

The LORD called me before my birth;

from within the womb he called me by name.

ISAIAH 49:1 NLT

But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.”

JEREMIAH 1:7 NIV

“God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

MATTHEW 28:18–19 MSG

Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”

MARK 1:17 NLT

“Do not yield to your fear, Simon Peter. From now on you will catch men for salvation!”

LUKE 5:10 TPT

“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

LUKE 12:48 NIV

“I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one on Me, so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.”

LUKE 22:29–30 HCSB

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.”

JOHN 14:12 NLT

Jesus repeated his greeting, “Peace to you!” And he told them, “Just as the Father has sent me, I’m now sending you.”

JOHN 20:21 TPT

A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:7 NLT

And he has appointed some with grace to be apostles, and some with grace to be prophets, and some with grace to be evangelists, and some with grace to be pastors, and some with grace to be teachers. And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ.

EPHESIANS 4:11–12 TPT

My dear brothers and sisters, don’t be so eager to become a teacher in the church since you know that we who teach are held to a higher standard of judgment.

JAMES 3:1 TPT

Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?”

1 SAMUEL 10:1 NIV

CARE

The LORD answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go. I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.”

EXODUS 17:5–6 NIV

“I’ll take care of you. You’ll have a quiet death and be buried in peace. You won’t be around to see the doom that I’m going to bring upon this place.”

2 KINGS 23:27 MSG

Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent,

and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.

PSALM 37:18 NLT

The faithful lovers of God will inherit the earth

and enjoy every promise of God’s care,

dwelling in peace forever.

PSALM 37:29 TPT

What a glorious God!

He gives us salvation over and over,

then daily he carries our burdens!

PSALM 68:19 TPT

Yes, you have been with me from birth;

from my mother’s womb you have cared for me

No wonder I am always praising you!

PSALM 71:6 NLT

He cares for the orphans and widows,

but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

PSALM 146:9B NLT

For the LORD is our judge,

our lawgiver, and our king.

He will care for us and save us.

ISAIAH 33:22 NLT

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—

until your hair is white with age.

I made you, and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and save you.

ISAIAH 46:4 NLT

“In an outburst of anger I turned my back on you—

but only for a moment.

It’s with lasting love

that I’m tenderly caring for you.”

ISAIAH 54:8 MSG

“Return, O faithless children,

declares the LORD;

for I am your master;

I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,

and I will bring you to Zion.

And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with

knowledge and understanding.”

JEREMIAH 3:14–15 ESV

“I’ll take care of your orphans.

Your widows can depend on me.”

JEREMIAH 49:11 MSG

I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken.

EZEKIEL 34:23–24 NIV

The LORD is good,

a refuge in times of trouble.

He cares for those who trust in him.

NAHUM 1:7 NIV

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!”

LUKE 12:6–7 HCSB

“Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?”

LUKE 12:27–28 NLT

Don’t run roughshod over the concerns of your brothers and sisters. Their concerns are God’s concerns, and he will take care of them. We’ve warned you about this before.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:6 MSG

CHOSEN

“Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. This is how the LORD will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

GENESIS 18:18–19 HCSB

GOD spoke to Moses: “See what I’ve done; I’ve personally chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him skill and know-how and expertise in every kind of craft.”

EXODUS 31:1–3 MSG

“Your job is to take care of the Sanctuary and the Altar so that there will be no more outbreaks of anger on the People of Israel. I personally have picked your brothers, the Levites, from Israel as a whole. I’m giving them to you as a gift, a gift of GOD, to help with the work of the Tent of Meeting. But only you and your sons may serve as priests, working around the Altar and inside the curtain. The work of the priesthood is my exclusive gift to you; it cannot be delegated—anyone else who invades the Sanctuary will be executed.”

NUMBERS 18:5–7 MSG

And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.

DEUTERONOMY 4:39–40 NKJV

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

DEUTERONOMY 7:6 ESV

But it was your ancestors that GOD fell in love with; he picked their children—that’s you!—out of all the other peoples. That’s where we are right now.

DEUTERONOMY 10:15 MSG

And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments, and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised.

DEUTERONOMY 26:18–19 ESV

And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. Now He said to me, “It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.”

1 CHRONICLES 28:5–6 NKJV

Be careful now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it.

1 CHRONICLES 28:10 ESV