BLESSING

–For blessing before eating, see PRAYER

–See THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER BEFORE TAKING FOOD

–See also BENEDICTIONS

–RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAW De 28:1-14

.For the responsive curses of the law, see CURSE

–CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE Ex 15:26; 19:5; 20:6; 23:22; Le 26:3-43; De 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; Jos 1:8; 1Ki 2:3,4; 3:14; 8:23; 9:3-9; 1Ch 22:13; 28:7,8; 2Ch 7:17-22; 26:5; 27:6; 30:9; 31:10; Job 36:11; Pr 3:1; 16:7; Isa 1:19; Jer 7:3-7,23; 11:1-5; 12:16; 15:19-21; 17:24-27; 22:4,5,15,16; Zec 3:7; Mal 3:10-12; Mt 10:22; 24:13; Mr 13:13; Col 1:22,23; Heb 3:6,14; 6:11,12; 10:36; Re 2:10

.See FAITHFULNESS

.See CONTINGENCIES

–SPIRITUAL, FROM GOD Ge 49:24; Ex 15:2; 31:13; 33:16; Le 21:8; De 33:25,27; 1Sa 2:4; Ne 8:10; Job 23:6; Ps 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; Pr 10:29; 16:6; Isa 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; Jer 31:12,14,33; Eze 16:14; Da 11:32; Ho 6:3; 14:5-8; Hab 3:19; Zec 10:12; 12:8; Mal 3:2,3; 4:2; Joh 1:16; 17:11; Ac 20:32; Ro 9:23; 14:4; 1Co 12:6; 13:10,12; 15:10; 2Co 1:21,22; 3:5; 5:5; 9:8; 10:4; Eph 3:20; Php 1:6; 2:13; 4:7,19; Col 1:11,12; 1Th 5:24; Heb 12:10,11; Jas 1:17,18; 1Pe 1:5; 2Pe 1:2-4; 1Jo 1:9; 4:4; Jude 1:24

.See REGENERATION

.See SANCTIFICATION

–TEMPORAL, FROM GOD Ge 1:30; 8:22; 9:1-3; 22:17; 26:4,5; 28:20,21; 49:11,12,20,24,25; Ex 15:26; 23:22,25,26; 34:24; Le 25:20-22; 26:4-10; Nu 10:29; De 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; Jos 1:8; Ru 1:6; 1Sa 2:7,8; 2Sa 7:8,9; 1Ch 17:7,8; 29:12,14,16; 2Ch 1:12; 31:10; Ezr 8:22; Ne 8:10; Job 5:10; 12:23; 22:18; 37:6,10,13,16,17; 38:1-41; Ps 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; Ec 2:24; 3:13; 5:19; Isa 25:4; 30:23-26; 31:1,2; 33:15,16; 43:20; 48:21; 51:2; 55:10; Jer 5:24; 10:13; 14:22; 27:4-6; 30:19; 31:35; 51:16; Eze 36:28-38; Da 5:18; 6:20,22; Ho 2:8; 11:3; Joe 2:21,23,26; Am 4:7; Jon 4:6; Zec 10:1; Mal 3:10-12; Mt 5:45; 6:26,30-33; 10:29; Lu 12:22-31; Joh 6:31; Ac 14:17; 1Co 2:9; 16:2; 2Co 7:6; 9:8-10; Php 4:19; 2Pe 2:7-9

.See GOD, GOODNESS OF

.See GOD, PROVIDENCE OF

–TEMPORAL, FROM GOD, EXEMPLIFIED

.To Noah, at the time of the flood Ge 7:1

.To Abraham Ge 24:1

.To Isaac Ge 26:12-24,28

.To Jacob Ge 35:9-15

.To the Israelites

In Egypt Ex 11:3

In the wilderness, supplying

.Water Ex 17:1-7; Nu 20:10,11; Ps 78:15-20; 105:41

.Manna Ex 16:14,31; Nu 11:7-9; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:23,24

.Quail Nu 11:31-33; Ps 78:23-30; 105:40

.To David 2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 14:17

.To Obed-edom 2Sa 6:11

.To Solomon 1Ki 3:13; 1Ch 29:25; 2Ch 1:1

.To Elijah

Fed by ravens 1Ki 17:2-7

By an angel 1Ki 19:5-8

.To the widow of Zerephath 1Ki 17:12-16

.Hezekiah prospered 2Ki 18:6,7; 2Ch 32:29

.Hezekiah restored to health 2Ki 20:1-7

.To Asa 2Ch 14:6,7

.To Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3-5; 20:30

.To Uzziah 2Ch 26:5-15

.To Jotham 2Ch 27:6

.To Job Job 1:10; 42:10,12

.To Daniel Da 1:9

–TEMPORAL, PRAYER FOR Ge 27:28,29; 28:3,4,20,21; 48:16; De 1:11; 26:15; 33:11,13-16,24; 1Ki 8:35-50; 1Ch 4:10; 17:27; Ps 28:9; 36:11; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11; Ro 1:10; 1Th 3:11; 3Jo 1:2

.See AFFLICTION, PRAYER IN

.See PRAYER

.See PROSPERITY

–TEMPORAL BLESSINGS, PRAYER FOR

.INSTANCES OF

.Abraham Ge 15:2-4

.Abraham’s servant Ge 24:12

.Laban Ge 24:60

.Isaac Ge 25:21

.Hannah 1Sa 1:11

.Elijah 1Ki 17:20,21; 18:42,44; Jas 5:17,18

.Ezra Ezr 8:21-23

.Nehemiah Ne 1:11; 2:4; 6:9