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Psalm 115:13
He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
11You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
12The LORD remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
13He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
14May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
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The words “both small and great” leave no rank outside the promise, challenging the thought that God's blessing belongs to people of greater standing.
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Psalm 5:12For you will bless the righteous. LORD, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.Both psalms express confidence that the LORD will bless, naming the righteous in one and those who fear him in the other.
Psalm 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.Both passages connect blessing with fearing the LORD; Psalm 128 also describes walking in his ways.
Psalm 112:1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.Both passages name the person who fears the LORD as blessed; Psalm 112 adds delight in his commandments.
Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.Both texts describe God's goodness toward those who fear him, expressed as blessing in the psalm and mercy in Luke.
Revelation 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”Both passages name those who fear God, including small and great, as recipients of blessing or people summoned to praise.
Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.Both psalms promise that the LORD will bless; Psalm 29 names peace as a blessing given to his people.
Proverbs 13:13Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.Both associate reverence with good received, though Proverbs speaks of respecting a command and the psalm of fearing the LORD.
Revelation 11:18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to …Both passages include small and great among those who fear God and receive his blessing or reward.
Malachi 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.Both passages promise good to those who fear God, with Malachi describing healing and the joy of calves released.
Acts 13:26“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.Both texts name people who fear God: the psalm promises them blessing, and Acts addresses them with the word of salvation.
Malachi 3:16–17Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the …Both passages describe God's care for those who fear him, through promised blessing in the psalm and attentive remembrance in Malachi.
Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses …Both texts include small and great: one in God's blessing, the other among those hearing Paul's testimony.
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You do not need a place of influence to belong among those named here. YHWH promises to bless those who fear him, including the small.
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