Topic
Blessed
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 25:32ISBE
¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
- Psalms 1:1ISBE
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Matthew 5:3ISBE
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 1:42ISBE
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
bles'-ed (barukh): Where God is referred to, this word has the sense of "praise," as in 1Sa 25:32, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel." But where man is in mind it is used in the sense of "happy" or "favored," and most frequently so in the Psalms and the Gospels, as for example, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked" (Ps 1:1); "Blessed art thou among women" (Lu 1:42); "Blessed are the poor in spirit" (Mt 5:3).
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.