'Abundance' in the Bible
Now may God give you of the dew of heaven,And of the fatness of the earth,And an abundance of grain and new wine;
Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;
and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ravage the land.
So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.
Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;
“They will call peoples to the mountain;There they will offer righteous sacrifices;For they will draw out the abundance of the seas,And the hidden treasures of the sand.”
Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
But I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in abundance, and that you personally go into battle.
He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.
On the next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. And he sought many wives for them.
As soon as the order spread, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.
Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the governor’s food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people.
“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.They took possession of houses full of every good thing,Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,Fruit trees in abundance.So they ate, were filled and grew fat,And reveled in Your great goodness.
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,And an abundance of water covers you.
Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off,And their abundance the fire has consumed.’
“For by these He judges peoples;He gives food in abundance.
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,So that an abundance of water will cover you?
From men with Your hand, O Lord,From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;They are satisfied with children,And leave their abundance to their babes.
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
Better is the little of the righteousThan the abundance of many wicked.
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,And in the days of famine they will have abundance.
Even those who trust in their wealthAnd boast in the abundance of their riches?
“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAnd was strong in his evil desire.”
You made men ride over our heads;We went through fire and through water,Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.
In his days may the righteous flourish,And abundance of peace till the moon is no more.
May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon;And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.
Therefore his people return to this place,And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
Man did eat the bread of angels;He sent them food in abundance.
Where there is no guidance the people fall,But in abundance of counselors there is victory.
There is gold, and an abundance of jewels;But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.
For by wise guidance you will wage war,And in abundance of counselors there is victory.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey.
Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored upThey carry off over the brook of Arabim.
“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,And your wages for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And delight yourself in abundance.
“Then you will see and be radiant,And your heart will thrill and rejoice;Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you,The wealth of the nations will come to you.
“I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance,And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven away and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered in wine and summer fruit in great abundance.
“Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.
“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.
Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.
Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.
‘When your wares went out from the seas,You satisfied many peoples;With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandiseYou enriched the kings of earth.
“By the abundance of your tradeYou were internally filled with violence,And you sinned;Therefore I have cast you as profaneFrom the mountain of God.And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,From the midst of the stones of fire.
Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance.