Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
- Leviticus 26:10 You shall eat old supplies long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.
- Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
- Psalms 133:3 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
- Leviticus 26:4-5 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Malachi 3:10-11 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for. I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Luke 12:18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- Matthew 6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
- Leviticus 25:21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
- Psalms 42:8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
- Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’ ”
- Luke 12:24-25 Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
- 2 Kings 6:27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
- Psalms 144:13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
- Psalms 44:4 You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
- Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain God will bless us, if we do our duty,…
God will bless us, if we do our duty, and not be idle.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon…
Deu 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Ver. 8. The Lord shall command the blessing.] Now if he send his Mandamus, who shall withstand it?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Shall command, i.e. shall by his sovereign and powerful…
Shall command, i.e. shall by his sovereign and powerful providence give it, even when it seems furthest from thee, and not likely to come to time without a word of command from God himself.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord shall establish thee an holy people…
And the Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself,.... Having separated them from all others, for his service, honour, and glory, should continue them as such, and settle them in the land, and confirm all their privileges, natural, civil, and religious. The Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord shall establish thee, &c.''he that brought them out of Egypt, through the Red sea and wilderness, to the land of Canaan:
as he hath sworn unto thee: and to their fathers; see Deu 7:12,
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if thou shall keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways; by which tenure they held the land of Canaan, and their settlement and continuance in it, and enjoyment of all the good things thereof; see Isa 1:19.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. The Lord shall command the blessing upon…
Verse 8. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee] Every thing that thou hast shall come by Divine appointment; thou shalt have nothing casually, but every thing, both spiritual and temporal, shall come by the immediate command of God.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. shall command] Heb. has the jussive, command; it…
8. shall command] Heb. has the jussive, command; it is uncertain which we should read; upon thee, lit. with thee.
barns] Only here and Pro_3:10. Cp. above, Deu_15:10.
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and he shall bless thee] LXX (except some cursives) omits.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Thy storehouses.—The word is only found here and…
(8) Thy storehouses.—The word is only found here and in Pro_3:9-10, “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” There is the same kind of contrast here which has been already pointed out in Deu_28:5. The “gathering in” to the barn, and the “putting forth” of the hand—the income and the expenditure—are alike blessed. This contrast is clear in the Hebrew words employed.
And he shall bless thee in the land.—Fixity of tenure in the Divine inheritance is promised here.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The effect of the blessing should be seen, not…
The effect of the blessing should be seen, not only in the supremacy of Israel over all opposition, but in the abundance of their possessions, in the success of their undertakings, and in the respect in which they should be held by all nations. Storehouses. The Hebrew word ( which occurs only here and in Pro_3:10, is properly thus rendered. It comes from a root which signifies to lay up.
The blessing that maketh rich.
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I FULL STOREHOUSES, WITHOUT GOD"S BLESSING, ARE NOT RICHES. God does not count a man rich further than the good things he has are of real and lasting benefit to him. Wealth unblessed of God is not to be desired.
1. Unblessed good is ill. (Ecc_5:10-15)
2. It turns to ill is not enduring, (Pro_13:22) takes wings and leaves, is a curse to offspring (Ecc_5:14, 15 6:2; Jam_5:1, Jam_5:2)
II GOD"S BLESSING, WITHOUT FULL STOREHOUSES, MAKES RICH.
1. It enriches the little we have. A man with a moderate competence, and peace and comfort in the use of it, may be richer than the man whose means are tenfold greater. (Psa_37:16)
2. It makes adversity a means of spiritual enrichment.
3. It is itself the best of all riches. J.O. (Hab_3:17-19)
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