AC 1421, 1422 - Blessing

AC 1421

And I will bless them that bless you,
and will curse him that curses you;
and in you shall all the families of the ground be blessed.
(Genesis 12:3)

"I will bless them that bless you,"
means all happiness to those
who acknowledge the Lord from the heart;
"and will curse him that curses you,"
means unhappiness to those
who do not acknowledge Him;
"and in you shall all the families of the ground be blessed,"
means that all things true and good are from the Lord.

AC 1422 [2]

. . . "to bless the Lord" is to sing to Him,
to proclaim the good tidings of His salvation,
to preach His wisdom and power,
and thus to confess and acknowledge the Lord
from the heart.
Those who do this cannot but be blessed by the Lord,
that is, be gifted with those things
which belong to blessing, namely,
with celestial, spiritual,
natural, worldly, and corporeal good;
these, when they follow each other in this order,
are the goods in which there is happiness.