You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
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You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
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Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
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Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 10:22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- Genesis 49:25 even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
- Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
- Psalms 128:3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive plants around your table.
- Leviticus 26:9 “ ‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 28:11 Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
- Psalms 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
- Genesis 22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
- Psalms 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
- Proverbs 20:7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
- 1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thy children and succession.
Thy children and succession.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:4 Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy…
Deu 28:4 Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Ver. 4. The fruit of thy body.] Which is thy chief possession; but without my blessing will be bitter sweets, {a} "Blessed is the man that hath his quiver full of such as are the arrows of a strong man," {Psa 128:3-4} the knottiness of whose nature is refined and reformed, and made smooth by grace. Arrows be not arrows by growth, but by art: what can better preserve Jacob from confusion, or his face from waxing pale, than when he shall see his children, the work of God’s hands, framed and fitted by the word in regeneration, and the duties of new obedience? This will make him to sanctify God, even to sanctify the Holy One, and with singular encouragement from the God of Israel. {Isa 29:22-23}
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{a} Dulcis acerbitas, amarissima voluptas. - Tertul.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body,.... Their…
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body,.... Their children, of which they should have many, and these live; be healthful, thrive, and arrive to manhood, and increase and perpetuate their families. Grotius thinks this was eminently fulfilled in Mary, the mother of our Lord; see Luk 1:42,
and the fruit of thy ground; of their gardens, orchards, and fields; grass for the cattle, and the wheat, barley, vines, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates for the use of men:
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and the fruit of thy cattle; which being distinguished from oxen and sheep in the following clause, must be understood of camels and asses, which were used for the carriage both of persons and burdens, and were very serviceable, and were a considerable part of their substance in those countries; see Job 1:3,
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep; of their cows and oxen, and of their sheep and goats, which were very increasing creatures, and in the increase of which much of their outward happiness lay; see Psa 144:13.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. Fruit of thy body] All thy children.…
Verse 4. Fruit of thy body] All thy children. Increase of thy kine, c. every animal employed in domestic and agricultural purposes shall be under the especial protection of Divine Providence.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Womb. This was most fully verified in the birth…
Womb. This was most fully verified in the birth of the Messias, as the Holy Ghost insinuated, by causing St. Elizabeth to address these words to the mother of Jesus Christ, Luke i. 42. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. Cp. Deu_7:13, and notes there on increase and…
4. Cp. Deu_7:13, and notes there on increase and young.
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