"Blessed" means "empowered to prosper"!
| 1 | who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers |
Psalms 1 v 1 |
| 2 | who takes refuge in him | Psalms 2 v 12b |
| 3 | whose transgressions are forgiven | Psalms 32 v
1 Romans 4 v 7 see Isaiah 53 v 4-6 |
| 4 | whose sin the Lord does not count against him | Psalms 32 v
2 Romans 4 v 8 |
| 5 | who takes refuge in him | Psalms 34 v 8 |
| 6 | who makes the Lord his trust | Psalms 40 v 4 |
| 7 | who has regard for the weak | Psalms 41 v 1 |
| 8 | you (the Lord) choose | Psalms 65 v 4 |
| 9 | dwell in your house | Psalms 84 v 4 |
| 10 | whose strength is in you | Psalms 84 v 5 |
| 11 | who trusts in you | Psalms 84 v 12 |
| 12 | who have learned to acclaim you (festal shout of jubilation) | Psalms 89 v 15 |
| 13 | who you discipline.... who you teach from your law | Psalms 94 v 12 |
| 14 | who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right | Psalms 106 v 3 |
| 15 | who fears the Lord (reverences, or respects, holds in awe) | Psalms 112 v
1 see Proverbs 9 v 10 |
| 16 | who comes in the name of the Lord | Psalms 118 v 26 |
| 17 | whose ways are blameless | Psalms 119 v 1 |
| 18 | who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart | Psalms 119 v 2 |
| 19 | who fears the Lord, who walk in his ways | Psalms 128 v 1 |
| 20 | who keeps my ways | Proverbs 8 v 32 |
| 21 | who listens to me, watching at my doors | Proverbs 8 v 34 |
| 22 | A generous man shall himself be blessed | Proverbs 22 v 9 |
| 23 | who does this (ie - maintains justice v 1) | Isaiah 56 v 2 |
| 24 | are the poor in spirit (ie - know their need of God) | Matthew 5 v
3 Luke 6 v 20 |
| 25 | are those who mourn (ie - concerned for the lost: not grief) | Matthew 5 v
4 Luke 6 v 21 |
| 26 | are the meek (ie - the self-controlled, not proud) | Matthew 5 v 5 |
| 27 | are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness | Matthew 5 v
6 Luke 6 v 21 |
| 28 | are the merciful | Matthew 5 v 7 |
| 29 | are the pure in heart | Matthew 5 v 8 |
| 30 | are the peacemakers | Matthew 5 v 9 |
| 31 | are those who are persecuted because of righteousness... | Matthew 5 v
10 Luke 6 v 22 |
| 32 | are you when people insult you... | Matthew 5 v 11 |
| 33 | who has not seen (Jesus) and yet have believed | John 20 v 29 |
| 34 | who perseveres under trial | James 1 v 12 |
As you read each verse for yourself, note that the next verse or part of a verse often gives the reward for following the first part.
Truly I am :
Blessed in the city, and blessed in the country....
blessed when I come in and blessed when I go out.
Deuteronomy 28 vs 3 and 6
Last Modified: 24th November 2003