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God’s blessings. Bible crosswords.
What a combination!
is collection of Bible crosswords is focused on the blessings of scripture. Inside, you’ll nd 99 puzzles based on inspiring King James Bible passages, each containing 18–24 clues that avoid frustrating minutia.
You’ll nd encouragement, hope, and relaxation in these puzzles. Each one is accompanied by a related quotation from a noted Christian writer, singer, or Bible teacher.
Larger type size and puzzle grids make Bible Blessings Crosswords easy on the eyes. It’s perfect for quiet evenings at home, car or plane trips, waiting rooms—anywhere you could use a quick dose of God’s blessing!
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Puzzle 1
Blessings
1 She was blessed by the Lord with a kinsman-redeemer (Ruth 2:20)
4 Blessed are they that hear and keep this, of God (Luke 11:28)
6 Israel would bless the Lord for this, which He had given (Deut. 8:10)
9 He wanted Moses and Aaron to bless him as they left Egypt (Exod. 12:30–33)
10 God blessed humans and named the man this (Gen. 5:2)
12 An angel told her, “Blessed art thou among women” (Luke 1:27–29)
13 Faithful ones are blessed by their lord and master (Luke 12:43)
15 David’s successor, who was blessed (1 Kings 2:45)
16 God has blessed these, of the hands (Deut. 2:7)
17 He blessed Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus (Luke 2:33–35)
18 After the ood, God blessed this man and his family (Gen. 9:1)
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2 God blessed the animals He made and told them to do this (Gen. 1:22)
3 God will bless and do this (Deut. 7:13)
5 is king blessed his people in the name of the Lord (2 Sam. 6:18)
7 “Blessed is the man that endureth __________” (James 1:12)
8 Fellow spy blessed by Joshua (Josh. 14:13)
11 is grandpa blessed Joseph’s sons (Heb. 11:21)
14 Blessed is he who does this in the Lord (Jer. 17:7)
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Puzzle 2
Jesus, Part 1
4 John called Jesus this of God (John 1:35–37)
7 Age at which Jesus was baptized (Luke 3:21–23)
8 Jesus’ relationship to God the Father (1 John 5:5)
10 Jesus tasted this for all people (Heb. 2:9)
12 Jesus promised to make Simon and Andrew shers of these (Mark 1:16–18)
14 In Christ Jesus, every believer is this (Gal. 3:28)
15 All of these will bow at the name of Jesus (Phil. 2:10)
19 We have this with God because of Jesus (Rom. 5:1)
20 Jesus gives hope through this (2 ess. 2:16)
21 Jesus came to earth to save these people (1 Tim. 1:15)
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1 Jesus ascended to this place (Acts 1:11)
2 e rst thing Jesus did at Lazarus’ tomb (John 11:32–35)
3 What Jesus washed for His disciples (John 13: 3–5)
5 Jesus washes our sins in this (Rev. 1:5)
6 Jesus is the author and nisher of it (Heb. 12:2)
9 Jesus is both Alpha and this (Rev. 22:13)
11 It is received from Jesus (Rom. 5:11)
13 Every man (and woman!) can only be this in Jesus (Col. 1:28)
16 What Jesus saves us from (Matt. 1:21)
17 Another title for Jesus, meaning Master (John 1:38)
18 A key title for Jesus (Matt. 1:16)
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Puzzle 3
Jesus, Part 2
1 Jesus often spoke in these teaching stories (Matt. 13:34)
3 Jesus said a cup represented this (Mark 14:23–24)
5 Building where Jesus cast out those who were conducting business (Mark 11:15)
7 e resurrected Jesus appeared to her rst (Mark 16:9)
8 Town where Jesus was born (Matt. 2:1)
10 Jesus said they were to be fed rst (Mark 7:27)
15 Jesus came from Galilee to this place to be baptized by John (Matt. 3:13)
16 Another Old Testament hero who spoke with Jesus at the trans guration (Mark 9:4)
17 Jesus spent a lot of time preaching in this northern region (Matt. 4:23)
18 According to Jesus, these are the people who need a physician (Matt. 9:12)
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2 Jesus preached that people should do this (Matt. 4:17)
4 Jesus told Peter he would do this three times (Mark 14:72)
6 Jesus told the disciples this represented His body (Mark 14:22)
7 Where Jesus was trans gured before three disciples (Mark 9:2)
9 Old Testament hero who spoke with Jesus at the trans guration (Mark 9:4)
11 King when Jesus was born (Matt. 2:1)
12 Jesus said “Render to ______ the things that are ______’s” (Mark 12:17, same word)
13 He tempted Jesus in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1)
14 What Jesus found on a g tree, causing Him to curse it (Mark 11:13–14)
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Puzzle 4
Jesus, Part 3
3 He named Jesus before He was even conceived (Luke 2:21)
6 Jesus rebuked this type of spirit (Luke 9:42)
7 People didn’t believe Jesus came from here since Joseph was His father (John 6:41–43)
8 After a while, Jesus “walked no more openly among the ____” (John 11:54)
9 He betrayed Jesus with a kiss (Luke 22:47)
15 Jesus prayed this for those who cruci ed Him (Luke 23:34)
16 Jesus increased in both wisdom and this (Luke 2:52)
17 One thing that came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17)
18 Jesus walked over this to reach His disciples (John 6:19)
19 Cyrenian man who helped carry Jesus’ cross (Luke 23:26)
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1 Jesus welcomed the (spiritually) thirsty to do this (John 7:37)
2 Roman governor who initially wanted to release Jesus (Luke 23:20)
4 Jesus said, “If God were your Father, ye would ____ me” (John 8:42)
5 Jesus said, “I am the _____ of life” (John 6:35)
8 e boy Jesus stayed behind in this city without telling His parents (Luke 2:43)
10 Enemies picked these up to cast at Jesus (John 8:59)
11 Jesus said, “If a man love me, he will keep my _____” (John 14:23)
12 Jesus said to His Father, “Into thy hands I commend my _____” (Luke 23:46)
13 Jesus said no one who puts his hand to this and looks back is t for God’s kingdom (Luke 9:62)
14 Jesus once wrote on the ground with this (John 8:6)
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Puzzle 5
Psalm 23
1 One thing that follows you for life (Ps. 23:6)
4 e shadow (Ps. 23:4)
5 Something you don’t fear when you’re with the Lord (Ps. 23:4)
6 is “runneth over” (Ps. 23:5)
8 Another thing that follows you for life (Ps. 23:6)
10 What you do through the valley (Ps. 23:4)
12 Places to lie down (Ps. 23:2)
14 God leads on these (Ps. 23:3)
15 What you do in the house of the Lord (Ps. 23:6)
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1 e one color mentioned in this psalm (Ps. 23:2)
2 Description of the Lord (Ps. 23:1)
3 It goes on the head (Ps. 23:5)
7 It’s prepared in front of your enemies (Ps. 23:5)
9 e Lord’s rod and sta do this (Ps. 23:4)
10 ey’re described as “still” (Ps. 23:2)
11 With the Lord, something you won’t do (Ps. 23:1)
13 God restores this (Ps. 23:3)
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Puzzle 6
Proverbs 10
3 e tongue of the just is like this metal (Prov. 10:20)
5 What the righteous will never be (Prov. 10:30)
7 It covers all sins (Prov. 10:12)
8 “ e hope of the righteous shall be ________” (Prov. 10:28)
10 Wise men lay it up (Prov. 10:14)
11 “ e rich man’s wealth is his strong ____” (Prov. 10:15)
13 e righteous are delivered from it (Prov. 10:2)
16 Walk uprightly, walk ______ (Prov. 10:9)
17 e blessing of the Lord makes you this (Prov. 10:22)
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1 e Lord’s blessing includes none of this (Prov. 10:22)
2 e labor of the righteous tends to this (Prov. 10:16)
3 Wise sons gather at this time of year (Prov. 10:5)
4 For the righteous, this is everlasting (Prov. 10:25)
6 eir hand makes rich (Prov. 10:4)
9 e Lord “will not su er the ____ of the righteous to famish” (Prov. 10:3)
12 Blessings are on the heads of these people (Prov. 10:6)
13 e fear of the Lord prolongs these (Prov. 10:27)
14 e wise in this “will receive commandments” (Prov. 10:8)
15 e mouth of the righteous man “is a ____ of life” (Prov. 10:11)
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Marriage
1 He loved his wife, Rebekah (Gen. 24:67)
3 Man: Leave parents, do this to wife (Gen. 2:24)
5 Peter says husbands should give this to their wives (1 Pet. 3:7)
8 Every woman should have her own (1 Cor. 7:2)
9 “Husbands, ____ your wives” (Col. 3:19)
11 He who nds a wife obtains this from God (Prov. 18:22)
13 Like a bridegroom over his bride, God does this over His people (Isa. 62:5)
15 God made a helper for Adam so he wouldn’t be this (Gen. 2:18)
16 He married Ruth (Ruth 4:13)
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2 What God joined, “let not man put _______” (Mark 10:9)
3 Husbands should love their wives as Christ loves this (Eph. 5:25)
4 As Christ is to the church, man is this to his wife (Eph. 5:23)
5 A man who loves his wife loves this (Eph. 5:28)
6 He had two wives who were sisters (Gen. 29:25–28)
7 It’s “honourable in all” (Heb. 13:4)
10 Despite initial reservations, he took Mary to be his wife (Matt. 1:19–25)
12 Adam called his helper this, for she was taken out of man (Gen. 2:23)
14 A couple is no longer two but this (Matt. 19:5–6)
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Puzzle 8 Nature
1 God created them to y (Gen. 1:20)
5 Birds that do not need to reap or sow (Luke 12:24)
8 ese creatures declare God from the sea (Job 12:8)
9 By the breath of God this chilly covering arrives (Job 37:10)
10 God commands this early each day (Job 38:12)
13 Wild ruminants nd refuge in the “high hills” (Ps. 104:18)
15 What God called the gathering of waters (Gen. 1:10)
17 ey rejoice in the woods (Ps. 96:12)
18 Big and speedy, but unwise, bird (Job 39:13–18)
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1 Along with hail, vapours, and stormy wind, it ful lls God’s word (Ps. 148:8)
2 God created these “great” swimmers (Gen. 1:21)
3 ey’ll teach you about God, if you ask (Job 12:7)
4 Mysterious creature of great strength (Job 41)
6 Five cost only two farthings—but they’re never forgotten by God (Luke 12:6)
7 Eats grass as an ox but swings a tail like a cedar (Job 40:15–17)
8 Open space shows the handiwork of God (Ps. 19:1)
11 God knows the “balancings” of these (Job 37:16)
12 ey do not toil or spin—but are beautifully dressed (Luke 12:27)
14 It’s glad because the Lord reigns (Ps. 96:10–11)
16 Tiny creature is an example of a hard worker (Prov. 6:6–8)
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Puzzle 9
The Cross
4 is, of the cross, is foolishness to the unsaved (1 Cor. 1:18)
7 ese, on Jesus, heal us (Isa. 53:5)
8 Jesus redeemed believers from the curse of this (Gal. 3:13)
9 Cursed is anyone who hangs on this; Jesus became that curse for us (Gal. 3:13)
11 Anyone who does not take up his cross to follow Jesus is not this (Matt. 10:38)
12 How often believers must take up their cross (Luke 9:23)
13 e preaching of the cross, to the saved, “is the _____ of God” (1 Cor. 1:18)
15 On the cross, Jesus became obedient to this (Phil. 2:8)
16 He helped to carry Jesus’ cross (Mark 15:21)
17 What Christians must do to themselves as they take up their cross (Mark 8:34)
18 “ e handwriting of __________ that was against us” has been nailed to the cross (Col. 2:14)
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1 At the foot of the cross, soldiers cast these for Jesus’ clothes (Mark 15:24)
2 What Jesus was, for our iniquities (Isa. 53:5)
3 Despite dying with Christ, the believer does this (Gal. 2:20)
5 One name for the place Jesus was cruci ed (Mark 15:22)
6 On the cross, Jesus bore our sins on this (1 Pet. 2:24)
10 Believers should nd this only in the cross (Gal. 6:14)
14 What Jesus was, for our transgressions (Isa. 53:5)
15 Christ did this for us, because of God’s love (Rom. 5:8)
16 Out of love for the world, God gave His only one to die (John 3:16)
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3 We joy in Him (Rom. 5:11)
4 “ e _____ of joy” would be heard from former captives in Jerusalem and Judah (Jer. 33:10–11)
5 Jesus endured this for the joy set before Him (Heb. 12:2)
8 God can turn this into joy (Jer. 31:13)
9 e church at essalonica received this with joy (1 ess. 1:6)
11 Do this for joy, because God defends you (Ps. 5:11)
13 “Count it all joy when ye ____ into divers temptations” (James 1:2)
14 Jesus said to do this that you may receive, and your joy be full (John 16:24)
15 We _______ over Jesus with joy unspeakable (1 Pet. 1:7–8)
17 ey had joy after Esther’s deliverance (Esther 8:15–16)
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1 is should be nished with joy (Acts 20:24)
2 Joy comes at this time (Ps. 30:5)
6 ere was great joy here when Philip came to preach (Acts 8:5–8)
7 In God’s, you nd righteousness, peace, and joy (Rom. 14:17)
9 John’s greatest joy was to know that his children do this in truth (3 John 4)
10 e Israelites blessed this king and left joyful (1 Kings 8:65–66)
11 Jesus said, “Your ______ shall be turned into joy” (John 16:20)
12 When God does this to you, He rejoices with joy (Zeph. 3:17)
16 Do this for those who rule over you, so they can serve with joy (Heb. 13:17)
