Blessing: 4 definitions
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Blessing definition and references: –For blessing before eating, see Prayer
–See Thanksgiving And Prayer Before Taking Food
–See also Benedictions
–Responsive Blessings Of The Law Deuteronomy 28:1-14
–For the responsive curses of the law, see Curse
–Contingent Upon Obedience Exodus 15:26; 19:5; 20:6; 23:22;
Leviticus 26:3-43; Deuteronomy 4:1,40; 5:10,29; 7:9,12-15; 11:26-28; 12:28; 15:4,5; 28:1-14; 29:9;
30:1-10,15-20; Joshua 1:8; 1 Kings 2:3,4; 3:14; 8:23; 9:3-9; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 28:7,8; 2 Chronicles 7:17-22;
26:5; 27:6; 30:9; 31:10; Job 36:11; Proverbs 3:1; 16:7; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 7:3-7,23; 11:1-5;
12:16; 15:19-21; 17:24-27; 22:4,5,15,16; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 3:10-12; Matthew 10:22; 24:13;
Mark 13:13; Colossians 1:22,23; Hebrews 3:6,14; 6:11,12; 10:36; Revelation 2:10
–See Faithfulness
–See Contingencies
–Spiritual, From God Genesis 49:24; Exodus 15:2; 31:13; 33:16;
Leviticus 21:8; Deuteronomy 33:25,27; 1 Samuel 2:4; Nehemiah 8:10; Job 23:6; Psalms 1:3; 18:1,2,28,32,35,36; 23:2,3;
27:14; 28:8; 29:11; 30:7; 31:24; 37:6,17,24,39; 52:8; 55:22; 61:5; 63:8; 66:9; 68:18,28,35;
71:16; 72:6,17; 73:23,26; 81:10; 84:5,11; 89:17; 92:12-14; 94:17,18; 105:4; 119:32,102;
132:15; 138:3,8; 144:1,2; 146:5; Proverbs 10:29; 16:6; Isaiah 1:25; 4:3,4; 6:6,7; 26:12;
28:6; 33:5,6; 40:11,29,31; 41:10,13,14,17,18; 44:3; 45:8,24; 54:17; 57:19; 58:8,10,11;
Jeremiah 31:12,14,33; Ezekiel 16:14; Daniel 11:32; Hosea 6:3; 14:5-8; Habakkuk 3:19; Zechariah 10:12; 12:8;
Malachi 3:2,3; 4:2; John 1:16; 17:11; Acts 20:32; Romans 9:23; 14:4; 1 Corinthians 12:6; 13:10,12; 15:10;
2 Corinthians 1:21,22; 3:5; 5:5; 9:8; 10:4; Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 1:6; 2:13; 4:7,19; Colossians 1:11,12;
1 Thessalonians 5:24; Hebrews 12:10,11; James 1:17,18; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 1:2-4; 1 John 1:9; 4:4; Jude 1:24
–See Regeneration
–See Sanctification
–Temporal, From God Genesis 1:30; 8:22; 9:1-3; 22:17; 26:4,5;
28:20,21; 49:11,12,20,24,25; Exodus 15:26; 23:22,25,26; 34:24; Leviticus 25:20-22; 26:4-10;
Numbers 10:29; Deuteronomy 1:10; 2:7; 4:4,40; 5:33; 6:2-25; 7:13-24; 8:1-10,15-18; 10:18; 11:12-15;
12:7,28; 15:4,6; 26:18,19; 28:7,8; 29:5; 32:13,14; Joshua 1:8; Ruth 1:6; 1 Samuel 2:7,8; 2 Samuel
7:8,9; 1 Chronicles 17:7,8; 29:12,14,16; 2 Chronicles 1:12; 31:10; Ezra 8:22; Nehemiah 8:10; Job 5:10; 12:23;
22:18; 37:6,10,13,16,17; 38:1-41; Psalms 21:3-5; 23:1,5; 34:10; 36:6; 44:3; 65:8-13;
68:6,9,10,19; 69:35,36; 81:13-16; 85:12; 91:1-16; 103:2-5; 104:1-35; 105:24; 107:35-38;
111:5; 113:9; 115:16; 127:1-5; 135:7; 136:1-26; 145:15,16; 146:5-9; 147:8,9,13,14;
Ecclesiastes 2:24; 3:13; 5:19; Isaiah 25:4; 30:23-26; 31:1,2; 33:15,16; 43:20; 48:21; 51:2; 55:10;
Jeremiah 5:24; 10:13; 14:22; 27:4-6; 30:19; 31:35; 51:16; Ezekiel 36:28-38; Daniel 5:18; 6:20,22;
Hosea 2:8; 11:3; Joel 2:21,23,26; Amos 4:7; Jonah 4:6; Zechariah 10:1; Malachi 3:10-12; Matthew 5:45; 6:26,30-33;
10:29; Luke 12:22-31; John 6:31; Acts 14:17; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 16:2; 2 Corinthians 7:6; 9:8-10; Philippians 4:19;
2 Peter 2:7-9
–See God, Goodness Of
–See God, Providence Of
–Temporal, From God, Exemplified
–To Noah, at the time of the flood Genesis 7:1
–To Abraham Genesis 24:1
–To Isaac Genesis 26:12-24,28
–To Jacob Genesis 35:9-15
–To the Israelites
In Egypt Exodus 11:3
In the wilderness, supplying
–Water Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:10,11; Psalms 78:15-20; 105:41
–Manna Exodus 16:14,31; Numbers 11:7-9; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 78:23,24
–Quail Numbers 11:31-33; Psalms 78:23-30; 105:40
–To David 2 Samuel 5:10; 1 Chronicles 14:17
–To Obed-edom 2 Samuel 6:11
–To Solomon 1 Kings 3:13; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1
–To Elijah
Fed by ravens 1 Kings 17:2-7
By an angel 1 Kings 19:5-8
–To the widow of Zerephath 1 Kings 17:12-16
–Hezekiah prospered 2 Kings 18:6,7; 2 Chronicles 32:29
–Hezekiah restored to health 2 Kings 20:1-7
–To Asa 2 Chronicles 14:6,7
–To Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:3-5; 20:30
–To Uzziah 2 Chronicles 26:5-15
–To Jotham 2 Chronicles 27:6
–To Job Job 1:10; 42:10,12
–To Daniel Daniel 1:9
–Temporal, Prayer For Genesis 27:28,29; 28:3,4,20,21; 48:16;
Deuteronomy 1:11; 26:15; 33:11,13-16,24; 1 Kings 8:35-50; 1 Chronicles 4:10; 17:27; Psalms 28:9; 36:11; Proverbs
30:8; Matthew 6:11; Romans 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:11; 3 John 1:2
–See Affliction, Prayer In
–See Prayer
–See Prosperity
–Temporal Blessings, Prayer For
–Instances Of
–Abraham Genesis 15:2-4
–Abraham’s servant Genesis 24:12
–Laban Genesis 24:60
–Isaac Genesis 25:21
–Hannah 1 Samuel 1:11
–Elijah 1 Kings 17:20,21; 18:42,44; James 5:17,18
–Ezra Ezra 8:21-23
–Nehemiah Nehemiah 1:11; 2:4; 6:9
Blessing refers to:—The terms 'blessing' and 'to bless' occur very often in the Scriptures, and in applications too obvious to require explanation or comment. The patriarchal blessings of sons form the exception, these being, in fact, prophecies rather than blessings, or blessings only in so far as they for the most part involved the invocation and the promise of good things to come upon the parties concerned. The most remarkable instances are those of Isaac 'blessing' Jacob and Esau (Genesis 27); of Jacob 'blessing' his twelve sons (Genesis 49); and of Moses 'blessing the twelve tribes' (Deuteronomy 32).
Blessing refers to:—"The less is blessed of the better" (Hebrews 7:7). Aaron and the priests pronounced the benediction (Numbers 6:22-27; Deuteronomy 10:8). Jacob and Moses gave dying blessings prophetical of the character and history of the several tribes (Genesis 49; Deuteronomy 33). The cup in the Lord's supper is called "the cup of blessing" from the Passover cup of wine called so because "blessing" was offered over it to God. 1 Corinthians 10:15.
Paul says, "the cup which WE bless," namely, the minister and the congregation; not he alone by any priestly authority, but as representing the congregation who virtually through Him bless the cup. The celebrant is the church. The minister is the leader of the congregation. The consecration is the corporate act of the whole church. The joint blessing by him and them (not the cup itself, which in the Greek is not nominative but accusative) and the consequent drinking together constitute the "communion," i.e. joint participation of the blood of Christ.
Blessing refers to:—See Beatitudes.
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CLXXXIII - Description of the seven continents < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter CCVI - The great inquiry, or questions of the buddhist < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXXIV - Prahlada’s self knowledge of spiritualism < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Introduction By Tsoknyi Rinpoche < [Introduction Text]
Text Section 274-275 / Stanza 21 And 22 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Sections 248-249 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Bible cyclopedia, critical and expository (by Andrew Robert Fausset)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.15.4 < [Chapter 15 - The Story of the Women of Barhiṣmatī-pura, the Apsarās, and the Women of Sutala and Nāgendra]
Verse 5.10.16 < [Chapter 10 - The Stories of the Washerman, Weaver, and Florist]
Verse 5.21.43 < [Chapter 21 - The Story of Śrī Nārada]
Comparative Analysis of the Ritual of Esztergom (1625) and the Roman Ritual... < [Volume 14, Issue 8 (2023)]
BLESSING: Exploring the Religious, Anthropological and Ethical Meaning < [Volume 14, Issue 5 (2023)]
Liturgical Hebrew as Quasilect; Liturgical English as Sociolect < [Volume 16, Issue 2 (2025)]
Ante-nicene Fathers (by Alexander Roberts)
Chapter XCI - The cross was foretold in the blessings of Joseph < [Justin Martyr]
Chapter XXI - Abraham’s faith was identical with ours < [Irenaeus]
Chapter CXXXIX - The blessings < [Justin Martyr]