Friday, April 10, 2015
Prosperity
Bible Questions Answered:
“How do we get financially
blessed?...”
Greg/ Los Angeles, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Deuteronomy 4:39,40 KJV
39 Know therefore this day, and
consider it in thine heart, that The Lord He is God in heaven above,
and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Thou shalt keep therefore His
statutes, and His commandments, which I command thee this day, that
it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that
thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which The Lord thy God
giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 8:18 KJV
And you shall remember The Lord your
God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth..."
Deuteronomy 29:9 KJV (Israel)
Keep therefore the words of this
covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Joshua 1:5-9 KJV (Joshua)
5 There shall not any man be able to
stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be strong and of a good
courage..."
7 Only be thou strong and very
courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law,
which Moses My servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right
hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper wither so ever thou
goest.
8 This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be
strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed: for The Lord thy God is with thee whither so ever thou
goest
I Chronicles 22:13 KJV (Solomon)
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou
takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which The Lord
charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage;
dread not, nor be dismayed.
II Chronicles 26:5 KJV
And he (Uzziah)
sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding
in the visions of God: and as long as he sought The Lord, God made
him to prosper.
II Chronicles 31:20,21 KJV
20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout
all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and Truth before
The Lord his God.
21 And in every work that he began
in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the
commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and
prospered.
Nehemiah 2:20 NKJV
"...The God of heaven Himself
will prosper us..."
Job 22:21-30 NLT
21 “Submit to God, and you will
have peace; then things will go well for you.
22 Listen to His instructions, and
store them in your heart.
23 If you return to The Almighty,
you will be restored— so clean up your life.
24 If you give up your lust for
money and throw your precious gold into the river,
25 the Almighty Himself will be your
Treasure. He will be your precious silver!
26 “Then you will take delight in
The Almighty and look up to God.
27 You will pray to Him, and He will
hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to Him.
28 You will succeed in whatever you
choose to do, and Light will shine on the road ahead of you.
29 If people are in trouble and you
say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.
30 Even sinners will be rescued;
they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”
Psalm 1:1-3 KJV
1 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.
2 But his delight is in The Law Of
The Lord; and in His Law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
Proverbs 28:25 NLT
Greed causes fighting trusting The
Lord leads to prosperity.
Isaiah 48:15-19 NKJV (True of
Israel and all of God's people!)
15 I, even I, have spoken; Yes, I
have called him, I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this: I
have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it
was, I was there. And now The Lord God and His Spirit Have sent Me.”
17 Thus says The Lord, your
Redeemer, The Holy One Of Israel: “I am The Lord your God, Who
teaches you to profit, Who leads you by The Way you should go.
18 Oh, that you had heeded My
commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your
righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants also would have
been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of
sand..."
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
For I know the plans I have for
you,” says The Lord. “They are plans for good and not for
disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Zechariah 8:12,13 KJV (True of
Israel and all of God's people!)
12 ‘For the seed shall be
prosperous, The vine shall give its fruit, The ground shall give her
increase, And the heavens shall give their dew— I will cause the
remnant of this people To possess all these.
13 And it shall come to pass That
just as you were a curse among the nations,
- O house of Judah and house of
Israel, So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear,
Let your hands be strong.’
Malachi 3:10,11 NKJV
10 Bring all the tithes into the
storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in
this,” Says The Lord Of Hosts, “If I will not open for you the
windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says
The Lord Of Hosts;
Luke 6:38 KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
II Corinthians 9:6-8 NLT
6 Remember this—a farmer who
plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants
generously will get a generous crop.
7 You must each decide in your heart
how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to
pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
8 And God will generously provide
all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and
plenty left over to share with others.
Philippians 4:19 NKJV
And my God shall supply all your
need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
III John 1:2 KJV
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth.
Matthew 6:33 KJV
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you.