'Counted' in the Bible

The heart of David struck him after he had counted the people, and David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done! So then, O Yahweh, please forgive the guilt of your servant because I have acted very foolishly."

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel, who had gathered around him and were with him in front of the ark, were sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered, because there were so many.

So Ahab counted the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he counted all the Israelite troops: 7,000.

The sons of Israel were counted and given provisions, and they went to meet them. The Israelites camped before the enemy like two little flocks of goats [with everything against them, except God], and the Arameans filled the country.

As a result, whenever they noticed that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest went forward, put the money in bags, counted the money that had been given over to the LORD's Temple,

Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They in turn would pay it out to those working on the Lord’s temple—the carpenters, the builders,

Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

The Levites 30 years old or more were counted; the total number of men was 38,000 by headcount.

Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons [not enough for a father’s house or clan], so they were [counted together] as one father’s household, one working group.

These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

for according to the last words of David, the Levites 20 years old or more were to be counted—

And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Solomon took a census of all the non-Israeli men who lived in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had taken, and 153,600 were counted.

King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many.

All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.

King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

Every piece was counted and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. Then I found the register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] first, and I found the following record:

And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:

He does great things that cannot be explained, and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

"How many of my iniquities and sins have you counted? Show me my transgression and sin.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

Although I am right, I am accounted a liar.My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;the number of His years cannot be counted.

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,and let his prayer be counted as sin.

If I counted them,they would outnumber the grains of sand;when I wake up, I am still with You.

May my prayer be counted as incense before You;The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

What is crooked cannot be straightened;what is lacking cannot be counted.

Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];For why should he be esteemed?

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

At that time, the inhabitants of this coastland will say, "See, this is what has happened to those on whom we counted and relied for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How, then, can we escape?'"

You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.

Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,and He will receive the mighty as spoil,because He submitted Himself to death,and was counted among the rebels;yet He bore the sin of manyand interceded for the rebels.

Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.

The hosts of heaven cannot be counted; the sand of the sea cannot be measured. So, too, I will make the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister to Me innumerable.”

They will cut down her forest—this is the Lord’s declaration—though it is dense,for they are more numerous than locusts;they cannot be counted.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,and He does what He wants with the army of heavenand the inhabitants of the earth.There is no one who can hold back His handor say to Him, “What have You done?”

Yet the number of the Israeliteswill be like the sand of the sea,which cannot be measured or counted.And in the place where they were told:You are not My people,they will be called: Sons of the living God.

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

[So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.]

Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted among the outlaws. Yes, what is written about Me is coming to its fulfillment.”

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”

Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

As it is written:Because of Youwe are being put to death all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted."

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life [actually experiencing it] according to our hope (His guarantee).

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.