1 Chronicles 21:3

But Joab said, "May the LORD add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord's servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for 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 my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."

Exodus 32:21

And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such a 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 heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the LORD had given them.

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad.

1 Kings 14:16

And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin."

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him."

Psalm 115:14

May the LORDgive you increase, you and your children!

Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.

Isaiah 26:15

But you have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."

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Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

The lord

1 Chronicles 19:13
Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him."
Psalm 115:14
May the LORDgive you increase, you and your children!
Proverbs 14:28
In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
Isaiah 26:15
But you have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
Isaiah 48:19
your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me."

Why will

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 my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."
Exodus 32:21
And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the LORD had given them.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad.
1 Kings 14:16
And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin."

General references

2 Samuel 24:3
But Joab said to the king, "May the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"

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