17 Bible Verses about People Multiplying

that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Grow and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over all the beasts that move on the earth.

Where the righteous have the over hand, the people are in prosperity; but where the ungodly beareth rule, there the people mourn.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the earth and had begot them daughters,

And will gather together the remnant of my flock, from all lands that I had driven them unto, and will bring them again to their pastures, that they may grow and increase.

But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grew: so that they abhorred the children of Israel.

Moreover, when ye be increased and multiplied in the land, then, sayeth the LORD, there shall no more boast be made of the ark of the LORD's Covenant: No man shall think upon it, neither shall any man make mention of it: for from thenceforth it shall neither be visited, nor honored with gifts.

And Israel dwelt in Egypt, even in the country of Goshen. And they had their possessions therein, and they grew and multiplied exceedingly.

the children of Israel grew, increased, multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty: so that the land was full of them.

And God therefore dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty,

And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, 'The Syrians would have destroyed my father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few folk and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people.

"When the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

These are such as came by name, heads of these kindreds. And the ancient households of them spread in multitude.

I will provide you with much people and cattle, which shall increase and bring fruit. I will restore you also to your old estate, and show you more kindness than ever ye had before: whereby ye shall know, that I am the LORD.

And Absalom sent also for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, and fetched him out of his city Giloh, when he sacrificed sacrifices. And there was wrought strong treason. And the people drew to Absalom in great multitude.

The more they increased in multitude, the more they sinned against me, therefore will I change their honour into shame.

Thy merchants have been numbered with the stars of heaven: but now shall they spread abroad as the locusts, and flee their way.