Nahum 3:16


You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven—
The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.

Genesis 15:5

And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”

Genesis 22:17

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].

Nehemiah 9:23


“You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You told their fathers to enter and possess.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

Bible References

Above

Genesis 15:5
And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 22:17
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].
Nehemiah 9:23

“You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You told their fathers to enter and possess.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”