Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,

“The Lord has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”

However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

I solemnly make this oath – what I say is true and reliable: ‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

Their descendants will be known among the nations, their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will recognize that the Lord has blessed them.”

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!