Lời rủa sả và phước lành

Phước lành xuất hiện trong Kinh Thánh nhiều hơn lời rủa sả: 463 lần, so với 195 lời rủa sả. Nhưng các con số không phân bố đều. Một số sách có rất nhiều, trong khi sách khác hầu như không nhắc đến cả hai. Khám phá từ Sáng-thế Ký đến Khải-huyền để xem phước lành và lời rủa sả tập trung ở đâu trong từng sách. Hình ảnh này giúp nhận ra những sách tập trung các chủ đề ấy và những trường hợp khác biệt.

Mật độ theo sách

Chỉ có bốn chương ngắn, nhưng Ma-la-chi có mật độ lời rủa sả cao nhất Kinh Thánh. Chỉ bốn sách có mật độ phước lành cao hơn sách này. Hãy xem sách nào nổi bật sau khi tính đến độ dài khác nhau của chúng.

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Trên toàn bộ Kinh Thánh

Khi đặt mọi phước lành và lời rủa sả từ Sáng-thế Ký đến Khải-huyền lên biểu đồ, bạn bắt đầu thấy sự phân bố. Nhiều đoạn dài hầu như không nhắc đến cả hai, trong khi một số đoạn tập trung dày đặc, nhất là Phục-truyền Luật-lệ Ký 27–28 và Các phước lành. Ê-xơ-tê khác hẳn: không có loại nào xuất hiện trong cả mười chương.

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Mỗi câu Kinh Thánh

Dẫn chiếu	Loại	Câu Kinh Thánh
Sáng-thế Ký 1:22	Chúc phúc	And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Sáng-thế Ký 1:28	Chúc phúc	And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Sáng-thế Ký 2:3	Chúc phúc	And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Sáng-thế Ký 3:14	Lời rủa sả	And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Sáng-thế Ký 3:17	Lời rủa sả	And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Sáng-thế Ký 4:11	Lời rủa sả	And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Sáng-thế Ký 5:2	Chúc phúc	Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Sáng-thế Ký 5:29	Lời rủa sả	And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Sáng-thế Ký 8:21	Lời rủa sả	And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Sáng-thế Ký 9:1	Chúc phúc	And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Sáng-thế Ký 9:25	Lời rủa sả	And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Sáng-thế Ký 9:26	Chúc phúc	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Sáng-thế Ký 12:2	Chúc phúc	And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Sáng-thế Ký 12:3	Cả hai	And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Sáng-thế Ký 14:19	Chúc phúc	And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Sáng-thế Ký 14:20	Chúc phúc	And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Sáng-thế Ký 17:16	Chúc phúc	And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Sáng-thế Ký 17:20	Chúc phúc	And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Sáng-thế Ký 18:18	Chúc phúc	Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Sáng-thế Ký 22:17	Chúc phúc	That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Sáng-thế Ký 22:18	Chúc phúc	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Sáng-thế Ký 24:1	Chúc phúc	And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Sáng-thế Ký 24:27	Chúc phúc	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
Sáng-thế Ký 24:31	Chúc phúc	And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Sáng-thế Ký 24:35	Chúc phúc	And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

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