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17 Bible Verses for a House Blessing, and a Short Way to Bless a New Home

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Summary

  • A house blessing in Scripture happens at the door and out loud: Deuteronomy 6:9 puts God’s words on the doorframes, the practice that became the mezuzah.
  • Psalm 127:1 carries Solomon’s name in its title, so the warning that builders labour in vain comes from the man who built the temple.
  • Proverbs 3:33 blesses a naveh, a dwelling, rather than the bayit of the wicked — the life inside rather than the building.
  • Numbers 6:24-26, the blessing given to Aaron, is the one to say over the people rather than the property.
  • Solomon’s prayer in 1 Kings 8 asks that God’s eyes be open toward one particular address, which is what a family is asking for a much smaller building.

Scripture gives a household several things to say over a new home: a promise of God’s protection, a decision to serve him, and a blessing spoken over the people who will live there. The passages below include Psalm 91:1-2 for protection, Joshua 24:15 for the decision, and Numbers 6:24-26 for the blessing. Fixing God’s words to a house comes from Deuteronomy 6:9, “Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,” which Jewish households still keep with…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Psalm 127 bears the superscription “A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.” biblehub.com

Solomon’s temple took seven years to build (1 Kings 6:38) with cedar supplied from Lebanon (1 Kings 5:6-10).

Proverbs 3:33 sets bayit (house) against naveh (dwelling, habitation). biblehub.com/lexicon/proverbs/3-33

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