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“The Bible is filled with surprises—unveiling strange and unusual verses that might just change the way you see the world.”

The Bible is a treasure trove of wisdom, stories, and teachings that span centuries and cultures. However, within its pages, some verses stand out as strange, surprising, and downright weird to modern readers.

These unexpected Bible verses often challenge our understanding of faith, morality, and the nature of God.

While many of these passages may seem odd or even controversial at first glance, they hold profound meanings that can deepen our spiritual journey.

In this blog post, we will explore 75+ weird Bible verses that are both surprising and intriguing. From odd laws in the Old Testament to peculiar miracles and strange parables, we’ll dive deep into these verses and uncover their true significance.

Whether you’re a lifelong Bible reader or just starting your spiritual journey, these strange scriptures will offer new insights into the mystery and depth of God’s Word.

Importance of Thursday Blessings

Thursday is often seen as a day of preparation and reflection before the weekend.

In many cultures, people turn to God for blessings, guidance, and peace on Thursdays to refresh their spirits for the days ahead.

The act of offering Thursday blessings can serve as a reminder to stay connected to God and trust in His will.

How to Use Thursday Blessings

Incorporating Thursday blessings into your routine can transform your day. Begin with prayer or a moment of gratitude, asking God for guidance, strength, and peace throughout the week.

Whether shared with family, friends, or community, these blessings can uplift spirits and set the tone for a week filled with purpose and joy.

Blessings for Guidance

• Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV): “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
• Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV): “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
• Psalm 32:8 (NIV): “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
• Isaiah 30:21 (NIV): “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.”
• James 1:5 (NIV): “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
• Psalm 37:23 (NIV): “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way.”
• Proverbs 16:9 (NIV): “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”
• Isaiah 58:11 (NIV): “And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong.”
• Psalm 25:9 (NIV): “He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way.”
• 1 John 16:13 (NIV): “When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth.”

Blessings for Strength

• Philippians 4:13 (NIV): “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
• Isaiah 40:31 (NIV): “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
• Psalm 46:1 (NIV): “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV): “He said to me, ‘I make my grace sufficient for you, for I perfect my power in weakness. ‘Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
• Psalm 28:7 (NIV): “The Lord strengthens me and shields me; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me.”
• Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV): “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
• Joshua 1:9 (NIV): “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
• Psalm 18:32 (NIV): “The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.”
• Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV): “Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
• Ephesians 6:10 (NIV): “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”

Blessings for Peace

• John 14:27 (NIV): “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
• Philippians 4:7 (NIV): “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
• Colossians 3:15 (NIV): “Let Christ’s peace rule in your hearts, to which you were indeed called as one body. And be thankful.”
• Numbers 6:26 (NIV): “The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.”
• Isaiah 26:3 (NIV): “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”
• Psalm 29:11 (NIV): “May the Lord give strength to His people! May the Lord bless His people with peace!”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NIV): “Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.”
• Romans 15:13 (NIV): “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
• Proverbs 12:20 (NIV): “Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.”

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Blessings for Prosperity

• Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV): “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
• Philippians 4:19 (NIV): “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
• Malachi 3:10 (NIV): “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.”
• Proverbs 10:22 (NIV): “The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.”
• 3 John 1:2 (NIV): “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.”
• Deuteronomy 8:18 (NIV): “You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”
• Deuteronomy 28:11 (NIV): “And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV): “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at

all times, you may abound in every good work.”

• Psalm 23:1 (NIV): “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

Blessings for Health

• Exodus 15:26 (NIV): “He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in His eyes, if you pay attention to His commands and keep all His decrees, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.’”
• Jeremiah 33:6 (NIV): “Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal My people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”
• 3 John 1:2 (NIV): “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.”
• Psalm 103:2-3 (NIV): “Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.”
• Proverbs 4:20-22 (NIV): “My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”
• Isaiah 53:5 (NIV): “But He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds, we are healed.”
• James 5:14-15 (NIV): “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.”
• Matthew 9:35 (NIV): “Jesus went through all the towns and villages. Teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.”
• Psalm 147:3 (NIV): “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
• Proverbs 17:22 (NIV): “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”

Blessings for Hope

• Psalm 42:5 (NIV) – “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”
• Lamentations 3:21-23 (NIV) – “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
• Titus 2:13 (NIV) – “While we wait for the blessed hope the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
• Romans 5:5 (NIV) – “And hope does not put us to shame. Because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
• Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV) – “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. The tree plants itself by the water and sends out its roots by the stream.. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

Comfort for Blessings

• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV) – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
• Matthew 5:4 (NIV) – “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
• Psalm 23:4 (NIV) – “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
• Isaiah 40:1 (NIV) – “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (NIV) – “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.”
• John 14:16-18 (NIV) – “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

Faith for Blessings

• Matthew 17:20 (NIV) – “He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed. You can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'”
• Mark 11:24 (NIV) – “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer. Believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
• Romans 10:17 (NIV) – “Consequently, people hear the message and gain faith through the word about Christ.”
• Hebrews 11:1 (NIV) – “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
• Luke 1:37 (NIV) – “For no word from God will ever fail.”
• James 1:6 (NIV) – “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt. Because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”

Blessings for Love

• 1 John 4:9-10 (NIV) – “This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV) – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. “It does not dishonor others, does not seek itself, is not easily angered, and does not keep a record of wrongs.” Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
• John 15:12-13 (NIV) – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
• Romans 5:8 (NIV) – “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
• Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV) – “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power. Together with all the Lord’s holy people. “Grasp how wide, long, high, and deep the love of Christ is, and know this love that surpasses knowledge so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
• Colossians 3:14 (NIV) – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

Blessings for Gratitude

• 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) – “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
• Psalm 100:4 (NIV) – “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.”
• Philippians 4:6 (NIV) – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation. By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
• Colossians 3:15-17 (NIV) – “Let Christ’s peace rule in your hearts, since you were called to peace as members of one body. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
• Psalm 118:1 (NIV) – “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.”
• Ephesians 5:20 (NIV) – “Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Testimonials and Quotes from Believers

Many believers share that Thursday blessings have deeply impacted their lives. These Bible verses remind them of God’s faithfulness and strengthen their relationship with Him.

As you reflect on the hope, peace, and strength offered by these blessings, you can experience renewed joy and trust in God’s plan for your life.

These verses serve as powerful tools to uplift your spirit and remind you of His love and presence each Thursday.

Practical Ways to Share Thursday Blessings

Sharing blessings with others can create a ripple effect of kindness and spiritual connection. Simple acts like sending a verse, praying for someone, or offering words of encouragement can uplift those around you.

Consider sending a weekly Thursday blessing text or note to someone in need, sharing the hope and peace that God offers.

Importance of Thursday Blessings

Thursday blessings are powerful messages that uplift your spirit and set the tone for the rest of the week.

They provide you with the strength, peace, guidance, and encouragement needed to navigate through the day with a positive mindset.

By reflecting on Thursday blessings from the Bible, you can invite peace, prosperity, strength, and guidance into your life.

These blessings serve as reminders of God’s love and grace, helping you stay grounded and focused on your spiritual journey.

FAQs:

1. What are Thursday blessings?

Thursday blessings uplift and encourage through positive prayers or scripture readings shared or prayed on Thursdays.

They are a reminder of God’s presence and provision as you prepare for the end of the week.

2. How can Thursday blessings impact my day?

Thursday blessings can give you strength, peace, and a renewed sense of purpose.

By focusing on scripture, you invite God’s presence into your day, allowing His guidance to shape your thoughts and actions.

3. Why is Thursday significant in offering blessings?

People often see Thursday as a day to reflect on the past week and prepare for what is ahead..

By offering blessings on this day. You can set a positive tone for the end of the week, grounding yourself in faith and gratitude.

4. Can I share Thursday blessings with others?

Yes, sharing blessings with others is a powerful way to spread God’s love and support.

You can send a message, pray for someone, or share scripture that will help encourage them.

5. Are there specific Bible verses for Thursday blessings?

Yes, the Bible is full of verses that provide guidance, strength, peace, and prosperity, which are ideal for Thursday blessings.

Verses from books like Jeremiah, Psalms, and Philippians offer hope and encouragement to start or end the day with faith.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, Thursday blessings serve as a beautiful reminder of God’s guidance, strength, and peace.

By integrating these blessings into your daily routine. Whether through scripture, prayer, or sharing them with others, you invite God’s transformative power into your life.

The Bible offers a wealth of verses that uplift your spirit, provide clarity, and reinforce your faith.

Embrace the practice of offering blessings on Thursday as a way to reflect on God’s goodness, prepare for the challenges ahead, 

And spread love to those around you. May these 50+ blessings inspire your journey and deepen your relationship with God.