Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Bible References
Increaseth
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
Psalm 107:38
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
Isaiah 9:3
You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.
Isaiah 26:15
You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.
Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.
Isaiah 51:2
Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
Isaiah 60:22
The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.
Jeremiah 30:19
And from them will go out praise and the sound of laughing: and I will make them great in number, and they will not become less; and I will give them glory, and they will not be small.
Jeremiah 33:22
As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.
Zechariah 10:8
With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.