OT-HISTORY.filter - kjv bless:

kjv@Exodus:18:10 @ And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

kjv@Exodus:20:11 @ For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

kjv@Exodus:20:24 @ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

kjv@Exodus:23:25 @ And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

kjv@Exodus:32:29 @ For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

kjv@Exodus:39:43 @ And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

kjv@Leviticus:9:22 @ And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

kjv@Leviticus:9:23 @ And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

kjv@Leviticus:25:21 @ Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

kjv@Numbers:6:23 @ Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

kjv@Numbers:6:24 @ The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

kjv@Numbers:6:27 @ And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

kjv@Numbers:22:6 @ Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

kjv@Numbers:22:12 @ And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

kjv@Numbers:23:11 @ And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

kjv@Numbers:23:20 @ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

kjv@Numbers:23:25 @ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

kjv@Numbers:24:1 @ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

kjv@Numbers:24:9 @ He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

kjv@Numbers:24:10 @ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

kjv@Deuteronomy:1:11 @ (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

kjv@Deuteronomy:2:7 @ For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

kjv@Deuteronomy:7:13 @ And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:7:14 @ Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

kjv@Deuteronomy:8:10 @ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:10:8 @ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

kjv@Deuteronomy:11:26 @ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

kjv@Deuteronomy:11:27 @ A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

kjv@Deuteronomy:11:29 @ And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

kjv@Deuteronomy:12:7 @ And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:12:15 @ Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

kjv@Deuteronomy:14:24 @ And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

kjv@Deuteronomy:14:29 @ And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

kjv@Deuteronomy:15:4 @ Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

kjv@Deuteronomy:15:6 @ For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:15:10 @ Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

kjv@Deuteronomy:15:14 @ Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

kjv@Deuteronomy:15:18 @ It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

kjv@Deuteronomy:16:10 @ And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

kjv@Deuteronomy:16:15 @ Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

kjv@Deuteronomy:16:17 @ Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:21:5 @ And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

kjv@Deuteronomy:23:5 @ Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:23:20 @ Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

kjv@Deuteronomy:24:13 @ In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

kjv@Deuteronomy:24:19 @ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

kjv@Deuteronomy:26:15 @ Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

kjv@Deuteronomy:27:12 @ These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:2 @ And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:3 @ Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:4 @ Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:5 @ Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:6 @ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:8 @ The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

kjv@Deuteronomy:28:12 @ The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

kjv@Deuteronomy:29:19 @ And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

kjv@Deuteronomy:30:1 @ And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

kjv@Deuteronomy:30:16 @ In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

kjv@Deuteronomy:30:19 @ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:1 @ And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:7 @ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:11 @ Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:13 @ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:16 @ And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:20 @ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:23 @ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

kjv@Deuteronomy:33:24 @ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

kjv@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

kjv@Joshua:8:34 @ And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

kjv@Joshua:14:13 @ And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

kjv@Joshua:15:19 @ Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

kjv@Joshua:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

kjv@Joshua:22:6 @ So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

kjv@Joshua:22:7 @ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

kjv@Joshua:22:33 @ And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

kjv@Joshua:24:10 @ But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

kjv@Judges:1:15 @ And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

kjv@Judges:5:9 @ My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

kjv@Judges:5:24 @ Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

kjv@Judges:13:24 @ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

kjv@Judges:17:2 @ And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

kjv@Ruth:2:4 @ And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

kjv@Ruth:2:19 @ And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

kjv@Ruth:2:20 @ And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

kjv@Ruth:3:10 @ And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

kjv@Ruth:4:14 @ And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

kjv@1Samuel:2:20 @ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

kjv@1Samuel:9:13 @ As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

kjv@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

kjv@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

kjv@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

kjv@1Samuel:25:32 @ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

kjv@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

kjv@1Samuel:25:39 @ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

kjv@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

kjv@2Samuel:2:5 @ And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

kjv@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

kjv@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

kjv@2Samuel:6:18 @ And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

kjv@2Samuel:6:20 @ Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

kjv@2Samuel:7:29 @ Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

kjv@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

kjv@2Samuel:13:25 @ And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

kjv@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

kjv@2Samuel:19:39 @ And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

kjv@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

kjv@2Samuel:22:47 @ The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

kjv@1Kings:1:47 @ And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

kjv@1Kings:1:48 @ And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

kjv@1Kings:2:45 @ And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

kjv@1Kings:5:7 @ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

kjv@1Kings:8:14 @ And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

kjv@1Kings:8:15 @ And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

kjv@1Kings:8:55 @ And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

kjv@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

kjv@1Kings:8:66 @ On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

kjv@1Kings:10:9 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

kjv@2Kings:5:15 @ And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

kjv@1Chronicles:4:10 @ And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

kjv@1Chronicles:13:14 @ And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

kjv@1Chronicles:16:2 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

kjv@1Chronicles:16:36 @ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

kjv@1Chronicles:16:43 @ And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

kjv@1Chronicles:17:27 @ Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

kjv@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

kjv@1Chronicles:26:5 @ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

kjv@1Chronicles:29:10 @ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

kjv@1Chronicles:29:20 @ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

kjv@2Chronicles:2:12 @ Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

kjv@2Chronicles:6:3 @ And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

kjv@2Chronicles:6:4 @ And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

kjv@2Chronicles:9:8 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

kjv@2Chronicles:20:26 @ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

kjv@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

kjv@2Chronicles:31:8 @ And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

kjv@2Chronicles:31:10 @ And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

kjv@Ezra:7:27 @ Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

kjv@Nehemiah:8:6 @ And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

kjv@Nehemiah:9:5 @ Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

kjv@Nehemiah:11:2 @ And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

kjv@Nehemiah:13:2 @ Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.