For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
Parallel translations
- WEB For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
- 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.
- 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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Quick answer
Those blessed by God inherit the land, while those cursed by Him are cut off. Final destinies hinge on God's blessing or judgment.
Overview
David roots the two destinies in God's own verdict: His blessing brings inheritance, His curse brings removal. Behind human outcomes stands divine sovereignty. The categories of blessing and curse run through Scripture and culminate at the cross, where Christ bore the curse for us so that the blessing might come to all who trust Him (Galatians 3:13-14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 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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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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