Psalms 128:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 128:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 128:2 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 128:2 — KJV
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
— Psalms 128:2 (KJV)
Psalms 128:2 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
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Cross-References for Psalms 128:2
“Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 128:2: shalt, thine, hands
“But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 128:2: shalt, eat, thine
“Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 128:2: shalt, labour, thine
“And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 128:2: shalt, eat, thine
“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 128:2: shalt, thine, well
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