'Number' in the Bible

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

That day they offered a large number of sacrifices, and they rejoiced, because God had caused them to rejoice enthusiastically. Their wives and children rejoiced, so that Jerusalem's joy was heard from a long distance.

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number of his sons, all the ways the king had honored him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers of the king.

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

“For now You number my steps,You do not observe my sin.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

For years few in number shall pass, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.Everyone follows behind him,and those who go before him are without number.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

Does He not see my waysand number all my steps?

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

“Lord, reveal to me the end of my lifeand the number of my days.Let me know how short-lived I am.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

For troubles without number have surrounded me;my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.They are more than the hairs of my head,and my courage leaves me.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

You have taken account of my wanderings;Put my tears in Your bottle.Are they not recorded in Your book?

The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.

God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,For their number is more than I know.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

Here is the sea, vast and wide,teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and small.

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow.

Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

Wisdom has built her [spacious and sufficient] house;She has hewn out and set up her seven pillars.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

When possessions increase, so does the number of consumers; therefore what good are they to their owners, except to look at them?

Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;

The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.

For even if your people of Israel number as many as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Overwhelming, righteous destruction is decreed,

I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall.

For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for helpand who depend on horses!They trust in the abundance of chariotsand in the large number of horsemen.They do not look to the Holy One of Israeland they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

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.

For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.

“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.

Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number.

For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.

And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.

The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.

Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.