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PROSPERITY

(See also MATERIALISM; MONEY; WEALTH)

divine promise of

• Genesis 12:1-3; 32:9, 12; Deuteronomy 30:5, 9; Joshua 1:8; Psalms 1:3; Proverbs 28:25

primary examples of:

♦ Abraham:

• Genesis 12:16; 13:2

♦ Jacob:

• Genesis 30:43

♦ Joseph:

• Genesis 39:3, 23

♦ Job:

• Job 1:3; 42:10

♦ David:

• 1 Samuel 18:5

♦ Solomon:

• 1 Chronicles 29:23

♦ Hezekiah:

• 2 Kings 18:1-7

♦ Paul at times:

• Philippians 4:12

means of:

♦ through obedience to God and His word:

• Deuteronomy 29:9; Joshua 1:8; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Daniel 3:1-30

♦ through meditation on God's word:

• Joshua 1:8; Psalms 1:3

♦ through seeking the Lord:

• 2 Chronicles 26:5

♦ through reverence for the Lord:

• Psalms 25:12-13

♦ through humility:

• Psalms 37:11

♦ through walking uprightly:

• Psalms 84:11

♦ through generosity:

• Proverbs 11:25; Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 9:6

♦ through righteousness:

• Proverbs 13:21

♦ through trust in the Lord:

• Proverbs 28:25

areas of:

(See BLESS, BLESSED, BLESSING)

♦ in material goods

(See also PROSPERITY, primary examples of)

♦ in spiritual and physical blessings:

• Psalms 103:1-5

♦ in spiritual blessings in Christ:

• Ephesians 1:3

♦ in divine promises:

• 2 Peter 1:3-4

♦ in every way:

• 3 John 2

♦ in one's soul:

• 3 John 2

lack of:

♦ due to disobedience:

• Deuteronomy 28:29; 2 Chronicles 24:20

♦ due to sin:

• Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 5:25

♦ due to not seeking the Lord:

• Jeremiah 10:21

♦ due to lack of prayer:

• James 4:2

♦ due to prayer with wrong motives:

• James 4:3

various other uses:

♦ danger of prosperity causing one to forsake God:

• Deuteronomy 31:20

♦ illegitimate claim of prosperity:

• Judges 17:13

♦ sarcastic prophecy of prosperity:

• 1 Kings 22:12

♦ temporary prosperity of the wicked:

• Job 20:21 (cf. Daniel 11:36)

♦ apparent prosperity of the wicked:

• Psalms 10:5; Jeremiah 12:1

♦ prayer for prosperity:

• Psalms 118:25

♦ unjust means of prosperity:

• Proverbs 17:8; Jeremiah 5:28

♦ happiness in the day of prosperity:

• Ecclesiastes 7:4

♦ prosperity of Messiah as God's servant:

• Isaiah 52:13; 53:10

♦ lack of prosperity for Jeconiah and his descendants:

• Jeremiah 22:28-30

♦ prosperity predicted for Israel:

• Zechariah 1:17

♦ giving in accordance with one's prosperity:

• 1 Corinthians 16:1-2

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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