Quotes about Blessing

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.

So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”

But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”

One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.

Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.