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Deuteronomy 28:3

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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
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  1. Genesis 39:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

  2. Psalms 144:12–15Rank 2 from verse 3
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    12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

    13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

    14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

    15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

  3. Haggai 2:19Rank 3 from verse 3
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    19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

  4. Genesis 26:12Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  5. Psalms 107:36–37Rank 5 from verse 3
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    36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

    37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

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Deuteronomy 28:3

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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28:1AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

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

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

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28:4Blessed 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.

28:5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

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

28:7The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

28:8The 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.

28:9The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

28:10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

28:11And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

28:12The 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.

28:13And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

28:14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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