'Increase' in the Bible

To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."

And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you; I [am] Yahweh your God.

You must increase its price {according to a greater number of years}, but you must decrease its price {according to a lesser number of years}, because he is selling [its] yields to you.

For the larger group you must increase their inheritance, and for the smaller group you must make smaller their inheritance; each must be given {their} inheritance according to the number of the ones counted of them.

Behold, you stand in the place of your fathers, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more {Yahweh's fierce anger} against Israel.

Except, he may {not make numerous} for himself horses, and he may not allow the people to [to go] to Egypt {in order to increase horses}, for Yahweh has said to you that {you may never return}.

If only this people {were in my command}! Then I would remove Abimelech, and I would have said, 'Increase your army and come out!'"

Do not increase speaking {very proud} words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge [whose] deeds are not weighed.

Then she said, "Please may the king remember Yahweh your God, {to prevent the increase of blood avengers who kill}, [so that they] not wipe out my son." He said, "{As Yahweh lives}, surely not one hair shall fall from your son to the ground."

Then Joab said to the king, "May Yahweh your God increase the people a hundred times {what they are} as the eyes of my lord the king are seeing. But my lord the king, why does he desire this thing?"

You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; {relief forces} [are] against me.

Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

But as for me, I will hope continually and increase your praise.

You will increase my greatness, and you will comfort me all around.

May his name endure forever. May his name increase {as long as the sun shines}, and let them be blessed in him. Let all nations call him blessed.

See, these [are the] wicked, and they increase wealth, ever carefree.

May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children.

may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,

Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.

For by me your days shall increase, and years of life shall multiply for you.

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.

The wise of heart is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.

By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.

With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase, but the righteous will look on his downfall.

When prosperity increases, those who consume it increase. {So its owner gains nothing, except to see his wealth before it is spent}.

When I send my arrows of deadly famine against them, which will be as destruction that I will send [in order] to destroy you, I will increase famine against you, and I will break {the supply of food} for you.

And Samaria did not sin {according to even half of your sins}, and you caused your detestable things to increase more than they, and you made your sister righteous [in comparison] with all of your detestable things that you did.

And I will cause {your population} to increase for you, all of the house of Israel, all of it, and the towns will be inhabited, and the ruins will be built.

And I will cause {your population} to increase for you, and domestic animals, [even] they will be numerous, and they will be fruitful, and I will cause you to be inhabited like your {ancient times}, and I will do good [things] more than [in] your former times, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.

And I will save you from all of your uncleanness, and I will call to the grain, and I will cause it to increase, and I will not bring famine upon you.

And I will cause the fruit of the tree and the crop of the field to increase, so that you will not suffer again [the] disgrace of famine among the nations.

"Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Again this [time] I will let {myself be inquired of} by the house of Israel, to do [something] for them; I will cause them to increase {their population like a flock}.

And I will make with them a covenant of peace; {an everlasting covenant} it will be with them. And I will establish them, and I will cause them to increase, and I will put my sanctuary in the midst of them {forever}.

Nebuchadnezzar the king to all of the nations, the peoples and languages that live in the whole earth: "May your prosperity increase!

And he will deal with [the] {fortified strongholds} with [the help of] {a foreign god}; and he will increase wealth for whoever will acknowledge [him], and he will cause them to rule over the many, and he will distribute land for a price.

But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and seal the scroll until [the] time of [the] end; many will run back and forth and knowledge will increase."

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.

And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

It is necessary for that one to increase, but [for] me to decrease."

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?

so that [what] you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.

and [may] the Lord [cause] you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we [do] for you,