For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
Parallel translations
- KJV For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
- BSB Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- NKJV For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
- NASB For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be eliminated.
- NLT Those the Lord blesses will possess the land, but those he curses will die.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 3:33Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
- 1 Cor 16:22If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!
- Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- Ps 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
- Ps 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
- Ps 37:18Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
- Ps 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
- Matt 25:41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- Zech 5:3–4Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
- Ps 37:11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Ps 37:28For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Ps 32:1By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Gal 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
- Ps 115:15Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
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