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The concept of prosperity in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing spiritual, material, and relational dimensions. The term "prospered" often refers to the success and well-being granted by God to individuals or nations who follow His commandments and live according to His will.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, prosperity is frequently linked to obedience to God's laws. For instance, in Deuteronomy 29:9 , Moses instructs the Israelites, "Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, so that you may prosper in all you do." Here, prosperity is contingent upon adherence to the covenant, suggesting a direct correlation between faithfulness to God and experiencing His blessings.

The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are often depicted as being prospered by God. Genesis 24:35 recounts the words of Abraham's servant: "The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys." This passage highlights material prosperity as a sign of divine favor.

Joseph's life is another example of prosperity through divine intervention. Despite his initial hardships, Genesis 39:2-3 states, "The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did," indicating that God's presence was the source of Joseph's success.

Wisdom Literature

The wisdom literature, particularly the Psalms and Proverbs, often contrasts the prosperity of the righteous with the ultimate downfall of the wicked. Psalm 1:3 describes the righteous man: "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does." This imagery suggests that true prosperity is rooted in a life aligned with God's will.

Proverbs 11:25 also connects prosperity with generosity: "A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed." Here, prosperity is not merely self-serving but is linked to the well-being of others, reflecting a broader understanding of success.

New Testament Perspective

In the New Testament, the focus shifts more towards spiritual prosperity. While material wealth is not condemned, the emphasis is on spiritual richness and eternal rewards. In 3 John 1:2 , the apostle John writes, "Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers." This verse underscores the importance of spiritual health as a foundation for overall well-being.

Jesus' teachings often challenge the conventional understanding of prosperity. In Matthew 6:19-21 , He advises, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." This passage redefines prosperity in terms of eternal values rather than temporal wealth.

Conclusion

Throughout the Bible, prosperity is portrayed as a blessing from God, often linked to obedience, faithfulness, and a righteous life. While material wealth can be a component of prosperity, the Scriptures consistently emphasize that true prosperity is found in a relationship with God and in living according to His principles.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Prosper.

Strong's Hebrew

6743b. tsaleach -- to advance, prosper
... us success (1), made his successful (1), make his successful (1), make your prosperous
(1), make your successful (1), prosper (16), prospered (7), prosperous (1 ...
/hebrew/6743b.htm - 6k

7645. Shebanyah -- the name of several Israelites
... Or Shbanyahuw {sheb-an-yaw'-hoo}; from the same as Shebna' and Yahh; Jah has grown
(ie Prospered); Shebanjah, the name of three or four Israelites -- Shebaniah ...
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7919a. sakal -- to be prudent
... 1), have insight (4), have success (2), insight (1), instruct (2), instructed (1),
instructs (1), intelligence (1), prosper (2), prospered (3), prospering (2 ...
/hebrew/7919a.htm - 6k

Library

The Exile.
... In the first stage of his court life, we read, "David prospered" (1 Samuel 18:5,
margin), and again with increased emphasis it is told as the result of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/iv the exile.htm

The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom
... So Cyrus, whom Isaiah mentioned by name (Isaiah 45:1-5) long before his birth, as
the appointed deliverer of Israel from their captivity, prospered in his ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxxvii the extent of.htm

God and Mammon.
... The Jews have noble qualities in them, by which they have prospered, and for the
sake of which"as I believe"God's blessing rests on them to this day. ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxvi god and mammon.htm

part 1
... Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,
as God hath prospered him." Now what does "laying by" imply? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/tithing/part 1.htm

The Kingdom Op Judah.
... him by his father, paid the tribute that the Egyptians required; and for being thus
patient and submissive, he was again blessed by God, and Judah prospered. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vii the kingdom op.htm

Words to Rest On
... just now. It reads: "He did it with all his heart, and prospered." He
prospered because he did everything with all his heart. God ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/words to rest on.htm

Go Back? Never!
... For instance, how often have professors, when they have prospered, found opportunities
to return? ... If any of you are prospered in this world, oh! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/go back never.htm

Chapter xxvi
... Yahweh blessed him. And the man prospered and kept right on and prospered
until he was exceedingly prosperous. And his property ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxvi.htm

Blessed Prosperity Meditations on the First Psalm.
... evidently do not enjoy this uniform blessing; some find failure rather than success
the rule of their life: while others, sometimes prospered and sometimes ...
/.../taylor/a ribband of blue/blessed prosperity meditations on the.htm

Hezekiah
... And in every work that he began, . . . he did it with all his heart, and
prospered." "He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, . . . ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 28 hezekiah.htm

Thesaurus

Prospered (35 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Prosper. Multi-Version Concordance Prospered (35 Occurrences). Acts
12:24 But God's Message prospered, and converts were multiplied. (WEY). ...
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Urijah (29 Occurrences)
... (DBY). 2 Samuel 11:7 And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered,
and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered. (DBY). ...
/u/urijah.htm - 16k

Adorned (20 Occurrences)
... was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey,
and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate. ...
/a/adorned.htm - 12k

Prosper (91 Occurrences)
... So they built and prospered. ... Ezra 6:14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered,
through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. ...
/p/prosper.htm - 35k

Success (29 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered
my way. Send me away that I may go to my master." (See NIV). ...
/s/success.htm - 17k

Prospereth (12 Occurrences)

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Inquired (74 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 11:7 And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired of him how Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. (WBS). ...
/i/inquired.htm - 28k

Darius (26 Occurrences)
... Ezra 6:14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying
of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. ...
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Succeeded (81 Occurrences)
... Hezekiah prospered in all his works. (See NIV). ... Job 9:4 God who is wise in heart,
and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered? ...
/s/succeeded.htm - 28k

Yields (21 Occurrences)
... According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land
has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones. (See RSV). ...
/y/yields.htm - 12k

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Prospered (35 Occurrences)

Acts 12:24
But God's Message prospered, and converts were multiplied.
(WEY)

Romans 1:10
requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
(WEB ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 1:13
But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?" and prospered.
(WEB)

Revelation 3:17
Because you say,'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
(See RSV)

Genesis 24:21
And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
(See RSV)

Genesis 24:40
and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;
(YLT)

Genesis 24:56
He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 39:2
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
(See NIV)

Judges 4:24
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
(KJV WBS)

1 Samuel 10:6
and prospered over thee hath the Spirit of Jehovah, and thou hast prophesied with them, and hast been turned to another man;
(YLT)

1 Samuel 18:5
And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
(DBY NAS)

1 Samuel 18:14
And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
(DBY)

1 Samuel 18:15
And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
(DBY)

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 11:7
When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Kings 18:7
Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn't serve him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 22:11
Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 29:23
Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 14:7
For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 26:5
And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 31:21
In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:30
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezra 6:14
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. the lowest
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 9:4
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous 'art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 20:11
But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
(See JPS DBY)

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 16:13
Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
(WEB)

Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Daniel 8:12
And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Daniel 8:24
and his power hath been mighty, and not by his own power; and wonderful things he destroyeth, and he hath prospered, and wrought, and destroyed mighty ones, and the people of the Holy Ones.
(YLT)

Daniel 11:36
And the king hath done according to his will, and exalteth himself, and magnifieth himself against every god, and against the God of gods he speaketh wonderful things, and hath prospered till the indignation hath been completed, for that which is determined hath been done.
(YLT)

Hosea 10:1
Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Prospered

Related Terms

Prospering (8 Occurrences)

Prospered (35 Occurrences)

Withers (20 Occurrences)

Withereth (13 Occurrences)

Forsaking (29 Occurrences)

Fadeth (9 Occurrences)

Timbers (8 Occurrences)

Rapidly (7 Occurrences)

Resign (1 Occurrence)