Bless Israel

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of israel, saying unto them,

And they shall put my name upon the children of israel; and I will bless them.

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.

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.

• Benedictions

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.

My heart is toward the governors of israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. bless ye the LORD.

• David
• Family
• Irony

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!

• Prayer

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.

bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of israel.

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

bless the LORD, O house of israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

• Church

Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and israel mine inheritance.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.