WORD OF WISDOM

BLESS - 1.) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Genesis 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Psalm 45:2; 104:24, 35).

(2.) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Psalm 103:1, 2; 145:1, 2).

(3.) A man blesses himself when he invokes God's blessing (Isaiah 65:16), or rejoices in God's goodness to him (Deuteronomy 29:19; Psalm 49:18).

(4.) One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare (Genesis 24:60; 31:55; 1 Samuel 2:20).

SOURCE: Easton's Bible Dictionary