'Increase' in the Bible

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!There are many who attack 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.

The distresses of my heart increase;bring me out of my sufferings.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

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

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

May his name endure forever;as long as the sun shines,may his fame increase.May all nations be blessed by himand call him blessed.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

Our storehouses will be full,supplying all kinds of produce;our flocks will increase by thousandsand tens of thousands in our open fields.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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

The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

The blessing of the Lord brings [true] riches,And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

In the house of the righteous is abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.

Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

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

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Strike a scoffer [for refusing to learn], and the naive may [be warned and] become prudent;Reprimand one who has understanding and a teachable spirit, and he will gain knowledge and insight.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,but the righteous will see their downfall.

Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

Also, the increase of the land belongs to everyone; the king himself is served by his field.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

You shall multiply the nation,You shall increase their gladness;They will be glad in Your presenceAs with the gladness of harvest,As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

And in many waters is the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook is her increase, And she is a mart of nations.

Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world with increase.

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

When you multiply and increase in the land, in those days”—the Lord’s declaration—“no one will say any longer, ‘The ark of the Lord’s covenant.’ It will never come to mind, and no one will remember or miss it. It will never again be made.

And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

“I will make their widows more numerous before MeThan the sand of the seas;I will bring against them, against the mother of the young men,A destroyer at noonday;I will suddenly cause anguish and terrorTo fall on her.

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so they may have sons and daughters. Increase in numbers there, don't decrease.

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For 'Outcast' they have called to thee, 'Zion it is, there is none seeking for her.'

Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.

Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.

When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

I made you increase like sprouting grain in the field. As a result, you multiplied greatly. Eventually, you reached the age when young women start wearing jewelry. Your breasts were formed, your hair had grown, but you were still bare and naked."'"

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.

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

so that their hearts melt and the number of those who stumble increase. I've set in place a slaughtering sword at the entrance to all their gates. Oh, no! It's made like lightning. It's drawn to slaughter.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

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 multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

I'll make a secure covenant with them, one that will last forever. I will establish them, make them increase in population, and will place my sanctuary in their midst forever.

And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live in all the earth: May your prosperity increase.

Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

“But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase.”

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase.

I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

In that place fire will consume you, the sword will cut you down, consuming you as locusts do. Multiply yourself like locusts, increase like swarming grasshoppers.

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.

Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food.

Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

"They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

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

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.