Leviticus 9:22

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

For there are three who testify:

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”

Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.

Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;

For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons forever.

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.’ You shall tell them,

When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.

Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.

Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.

The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel.

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”

Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

He took a little child, and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.