616 verses contain “bless” (in the KJV: 584, in the BSB: 480) — showing 401–500
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And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
And when he had taken the five
loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and
blessed, and
brake the
loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Taking the five
loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a
blessing and broke the
loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.
And they that went before, and they that followed,
cried, saying,
Hosanna;
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
The ones who went
ahead and those who followed were
shouting: “
Hosanna!” “
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Hosanna in the highest.
“
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “
Hosanna in the highest!”
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and
blessed, and
brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
And the angel came in unto her, and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women.
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy
womb.
In a loud voice she
exclaimed, “
Blessed are you among women, and
blessed is the fruit of your
womb!
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
For he hath regarded the low estate of his
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me
blessed.
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Simeon took Him in his arms and
blessed God, saying:
And
Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Then
Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.
Blessed are ye that
weep now: for ye shall
laugh.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled.
Blessed are you who
weep now, for you will
laugh.
Blessed are ye, when men shall
hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Blessed are you when people
hate you, and when they
exclude you and
insult you and
reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
bless those who
curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Then he took the five
loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed them, and
brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Taking the five
loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a
blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,
Blessed is the
womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast
sucked.
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “
Blessed is the
womb that bore You, and
blessed are the breasts that
nursed You!”
But he said,
Yea rather,
blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching:
verily I say unto you, that he shall
gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them
recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them
alert, those servants will be
blessed.
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate: and
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Look, your house is left to you
desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
And thou shalt be
blessed; for they cannot
recompense thee: for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
When one of those
reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “
Blessed is
everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave
suck.
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘
Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never
nursed!’
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and
blessed it, and
brake, and gave to them.
While He was
reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a
blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
And he led them out as far as to
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and
blessed them.
When Jesus had led them out as far as
Bethany, He lifted up His hands and
blessed them.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
And were continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God.
Amen.
praising God continually in the temple.
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and
cried,
Hosanna:
Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him,
shouting: “
Hosanna!” “
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “
Blessed is the King of Israel!”
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to
bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
iniquities.
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David.
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is
blessed for ever.
Amen.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is
forever worthy of praise!
Amen.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
“
Blessed are they whose lawless acts are
forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not
impute sin.
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
Cometh this
blessedness then upon the
circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Is this
blessing only on the
circumcised, or also on the
uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God
blessed for ever.
Amen.
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all,
forever worthy of praise!
Amen.
Hast thou faith? have it to
thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Keep your belief about such matters between
yourself and God.
Blessed is the one who does not
condemn himself by what he approves.
It hath pleased them
verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in
carnal things.
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual
blessings, they are
obligated to minister to them with material
blessings.
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the
fulness of the
blessing of the gospel of Christ.
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
And labour, working with our own hands: being
reviled, we
bless; being
persecuted, we suffer it:
And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be
partaker thereof with you.
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
Is not the cup of
blessing that we
bless a
participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a
participation in the body of Christ?
Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say
Amen at thy giving of
thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
Otherwise, if you speak a
blessing in spirit, how can someone who is
uninstructed say “
Amen” to your
thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
compassion and the God of all comfort,
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Confident of this, I
planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double
blessing.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is
blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is
forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would
justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be
blessed.
The Scripture foresaw that God would
justify the Gentiles by faith, and
foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be
blessed through you.”
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Where is then the
blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have
plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
What then has become of your
blessing? For I can
testify that, if it were possible, you would have
torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
Which in his times he shall
shew, who is the
blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
as we
await the
blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh
oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth
blessing from God:
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”
For this Melchisedec, king of
Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and
blessed him;
This
Melchizedek was king of
Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and
blessed him,
But he whose descent is not counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and
blessed him that had the promises.
But
Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and
blessed him who had the promises.
By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and
Esau concerning things to come.
By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and
Esau concerning the future.
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped,
leaning upon the top of his staff.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying,
blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he
leaned on the top of his staff.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the
blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to
inherit the
blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for
repentance, though he sought the
blessing with tears.
Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
But
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a
forgetful hearer, but a
doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deed.
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a
forgetful hearer, but an effective
doer—he will be
blessed in what he does.
With the tongue we
bless our Lord and Father, and with it we
curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth
blessing and
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Out of the same mouth come
blessing and
cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
Behold, we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very
pitiful, and of tender mercy.
See how
blessed we consider those who have
persevered. You have heard of Job’s
perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of
compassion and mercy.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are
thereunto called, that ye should
inherit a
blessing.
Do not repay evil with evil or
insult with
insult, but with
blessing, because to this you were called so that you may
inherit a
blessing.
But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are
blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be
shaken.”
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified.
If you are
insulted for the name of Christ, you are
blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Blessed is the one who reads
aloud the words of this prophecy, and
blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power
forever and ever!”
Saying,
Amen:
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
saying, “
Amen!
Blessing and glory and wisdom and
thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God
forever and ever!
Amen.”
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “
Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “
Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
Behold, I come as a
thief.
Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
“Behold, I am coming like a
thief.
Blessed is the one who remains
awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Then the angel told me to write, “
Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
All the earth crieth upon the truth, and the heaven
blesseth it: all works
shake and
tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.
Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give
thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
Then said
Esdras the
scribe,
Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to
glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So
Esdras blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts,
Almighty.