Deuteronomy 28:4
A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
3A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.
5A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.
Cross References
Genesis 22:17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Leviticus 26:9And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.
Deuteronomy 28:11And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.
Psalms 127:3See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 20:7An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:2-15
Promises. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and… Read the whole commentary →