The blessing of the Lord brings wealth. And it comes without painful work.

耶和华所赐的福使人富足，并不加上忧虑。

耶和华所赐的福使人富足，并不加上忧虑。

耶和华所赐的福使人富足，并不加上忧虑。

耶和华的祝福使人富足，祝福中不加任何忧愁。

耶和华所赐的福使人富足，并不加上愁烦。

耶和华的祝福使人富有，并且他不会加上劳苦。

耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。

耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。

耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。

耶和華的祝福使人富足，祝福中不加任何憂愁。

耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上愁煩。

永恆主的祝福才能使人富足；他並不加上憂傷。

耶和華的祝福使人富有，並且他不會加上勞苦。

耶和華之錫嘏、令人富厚、不加憂傷、

耶和華福之富之、不使懷憂。

主若降福、人始致富、並不使兼增憂慮、

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

The LORD’s blessing enriches, and he adds no painful effort to it.

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it.

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

The Lord’s blessing enriches, and struggle adds nothing to it.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers. He kept their herds from getting smaller.

Isaac planted crops in that land. That same year he gathered 100 times more than he planted. That was because the Lord blessed him.

The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become rich. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold. He has also given him male and female servants, camels and donkeys.

The Lord makes people poor. He also makes people rich. He brings people down. He also lifts people up.He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He lets them sit with princes. He gives them places of honor.“ The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord. On them he has set the world.

The Lord will give the land to those he blesses. But he will destroy those he curses.

“ I will make you into a great nation. And I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing to others.

You might say to yourself,“ My power and my strong hands have made me rich.”But remember the Lord your God. He gives you the ability to produce wealth. That shows he stands by the terms of the covenant he made with you. He promised it to your people of long ago. And he’s still faithful to his covenant today.

Property that you claim too soon will not be blessed in the end.

He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes.He causes them to sit with princes. He causes them to sit with the princes of his people.

Those who won’t share what they have want to get rich. They don’t know they are going to be poor.

Abram had become very rich. He had a lot of livestock and silver and gold.

You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes.Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days.You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.

What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.They won’t take delight in the Mighty One. They’ll never call out to God.“ I’ll teach all of you about God’s power. I won’t hide the things the Mighty One does.You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?“ Here’s what God does to sinful people. Here’s what those who are mean receive from the Mighty One.All their children will be killed by swords. They’ll never have enough to eat.A plague will kill those who are left alive. The widows of sinful men won’t even weep over their own children.Sinners might store up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay.But people who do what is right will wear those clothes. People who haven’t done anything wrong will divide up that silver.The house an evil person builds is like a moth’s cocoon. It’s like a hut that’s made by someone on guard duty.Sinful people lie down wealthy, but their wealth is taken away. When they open their eyes, everything is gone.Terrors sweep over them like a flood. A storm takes them away during the night.The east wind carries them off, and they are gone. It sweeps them out of their houses.It blows against them without mercy. They try to escape from its power.It claps its hands and makes fun of them. It hisses them out of their houses.”

I’ve said I will not accept anything that belongs to you. I will not take even a thread or the strap of a sandal. You will never be able to say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

But Elisha said to him,“ Didn’t my spirit go with you? I know that the man got down from his chariot to greet you. Is this the time for you to accept money or clothes? Is it the time to take olive groves, vineyards, flocks or herds? Is it the time to accept male and female slaves?You and your children after you will have Naaman’s skin disease forever.” Then Gehazi left Elisha. And he had Naaman’s skin disease. His skin had become as white as snow.

But the Israelites weren’t faithful to the Lord. They didn’t destroy what had been set apart to him. So they did not do what they had been told to do. Achan had taken some of those things. So the Lord became very angry with Israel. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Achan and all his relatives were from the tribe of Judah.Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai. Ai is near Beth Aven east of Bethel. Joshua told the men,“ Go up and check out the area around Ai.” So the men went up and checked it out.Then they returned to Joshua. They said,“ The whole army doesn’t have to go up and attack Ai. Send only two or three thousand men. They can take the city. Don’t make the whole army go up there. Only a few people live in Ai.”So only about 3,000 troops went up. But the men of Ai drove them away.They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.Joshua and the elders of Israel became sad. Joshua tore his clothes. He fell in front of the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground. He remained there until evening. The elders did the same thing. They also sprinkled dust on their heads.Joshua said,“ Lord and King, why did you ever bring these people across the Jordan River? Did you want to hand us over to the Amorites? Did you want them to destroy us? I wish we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!Lord, our enemies have driven us away. What can I say?The Canaanites will hear about it. So will everyone else in the country. They will surround us. They’ll erase any mention of our name from the face of the earth. Then what will you do when people don’t honor your great name anymore?”The Lord said to Joshua,“ Get up! What are you doing down there on your face?Israel has sinned. I made a covenant with them. I commanded them to keep it. But they have broken it. They have taken some of the things that had been set apart to me in a special way to be destroyed. They have stolen. They have lied. They have taken the things they stole and have put them with their own things.That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.“ Go and set the people apart. Tell them,‘ Make yourselves pure. Get ready for tomorrow. Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, wants you to do. He says,“ People of Israel, you have kept some of the things that had been set apart to me to be destroyed. You can’t stand up against your enemies until you get rid of those things.”“‘ In the morning, come forward tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses will come forward group by group. The group the Lord chooses will come forward family by family. And the men in the family the Lord chooses will come forward one by one.Whoever is caught with the things that had been set apart to the Lord will be destroyed by fire. Everything that belongs to that person will also be destroyed. He has broken the Lord’ s covenant. He has done a very terrible thing in Israel!’ ”Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes. The tribe of Judah was chosen.The groups of Judah came forward. The group of Zerah was chosen. Joshua had the group of Zerah come forward by families. The family of Zimri was chosen.He had their men come forward one by one. Achan was chosen. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Zerah was from the tribe of Judah.Joshua said to Achan,“ My son, the Lord is the God of Israel. So give him glory and honor him by telling the truth! Tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”Achan replied,“ It’s true! I’ve sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. Here is what I’ve done.I saw a beautiful robe from Babylonia among the things we had taken. I saw five pounds of silver. And I saw a gold bar that weighed 20 ounces. I wanted them, so I took them. I hid them in the ground inside my tent. The silver is on the bottom.”So Joshua sent some messengers. They ran to Achan’s tent. And there was everything, hidden in his tent! The silver was on the bottom.They brought the things out of the tent. They took them to Joshua and all the Israelites. And they spread them out in the sight of the Lord.Then Joshua and all the people grabbed Achan, the son of Zerah. They took the silver, the robe and the gold bar. They took Achan’s sons and daughters. They took his cattle, donkeys and sheep. They also took his tent and everything he had. They carried all of it out to the Valley of Achor.Joshua said to Achan,“ Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.” Then all the people killed Achan by throwing stones at him. They also killed the rest of his family with stones. They burned all of them up.They placed a large pile of rocks on top of Achan’s body. The place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since. That pile is still there to this day. After the people killed Achan, the Lord was no longer angry with them.

The Lord who rules over all announces,‘ I will send the curse out. It will enter the house of the thief. It will also enter the house of anyone who lies when making a promise in my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely. It will pull down its beams and stones.’ ”

“ Won’t those people laugh at the Babylonians? Won’t they make fun of them? They will say to them,“‘ How terrible it will be for you who pile up stolen goods! You get rich by cheating others. How long will this go on?’Those you owe money to will suddenly rise up. They will wake up and make you tremble with fear. Then they will take away everything you have.You have robbed many nations. So the nations that are left will rob you. You have spilled human blood. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.“ How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They build their kingdom with money that they gained by cheating others. They have tried to make the kingdom as secure as possible. After all, they did not want to be destroyed.They have planned to wipe out many nations. But they have brought shame on their own kingdom. So they must pay with their own lives.The stones in the walls of their homes will cry out. And the wooden beams will echo that cry.“ How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They build cities by spilling the blood of others. They establish towns by doing what is wrong.

Tell him,‘ The Lord says,“ Haven’t you murdered a man? Haven’t you taken over his property?” ’ Then tell Ahab,‘ The Lord says,“ Dogs licked up Naboth’s blood. In that same place dogs will lick up your blood. Yes, I said your blood!” ’ ”

But keep away from the things that have been set apart to the Lord. If you take any of them, you will be destroyed. And you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel. You will cause it to be destroyed.