1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab said, "May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will 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? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"

Exodus 32:21

Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on 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 children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.

Deuteronomy 1:11

Yahweh, 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; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.

1 Kings 14:16

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

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him."

Psalm 115:14

May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains: his name would not be cut off nor 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 courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him."
Psalm 115:14
May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
Isaiah 26:15
You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
Isaiah 48:19
your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Why will

Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
Exodus 32:21
Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.
1 Kings 14:16
He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin."

General references

2 Samuel 24:3
Joab said to the king, "Now may Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"