1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab said, “May the Lord add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”

Exodus 32:21

Then Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?”

Numbers 32:9-10

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the sons of Israel so that they did not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the Lord’s people circulating.

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you increase,
You and your children.

Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in the dearth of people is a prince’s ruin.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

“Your descendants would have been like the sand,
And your offspring like its grains;
Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Chronicles 21:3

And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

The lord

Isaiah 48:19

Why will

1 Kings 14:16

General references

2 Samuel 24:3

Bible References

The lord

Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

May the Lord

give you increase,

You and your children.

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in the dearth of people is a prince’s ruin.

You have increased the nation, O Lord,

You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have extended all the borders of the land.

“Your

descendants would have been like the sand,

And your offspring like its grains;

Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”