Happiness of the Righteous
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Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Job 5:17–27
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. / For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. / He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Psalm 36:8
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Psalm 128:1, 2
A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! / For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Psalm 133:1
A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
Psalm 144:15
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Proverbs 3:13–18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, / for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. / She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
Proverbs 16:20
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
Ecclesiastes 2:24–26
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. / For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment? / To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13, 22
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, / and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God. / I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Isaiah 12:2, 3
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” / With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Matthew 5:3–12
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. / Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Romans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
1 Peter 4:12, 13
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.