'Increase' in the Bible
In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.
In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you.
‘If then, you act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.
To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!
He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.
Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,
He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.
“You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled.
“When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.
“Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.
“Cursed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.
Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.
Would, therefore, that this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out.”
Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life.
Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?”
“Though your beginning was insignificant,Yet your end will increase greatly.
‘You renew Your witnesses against meAnd increase Your anger toward me;Hardship after hardship is with me.
“The increase of his house will depart;His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.
“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,And would uproot all my increase.
Do not trust in oppressionAnd do not vainly hope in robbery;If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
May his name endure forever;May his name increase as long as the sun shines;And let men bless themselves by him;Let all nations call him blessed.
May the Lord give you increase,You and your children.
A wise man will hear and increase in learning,And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
Where no oxen are, the manger is clean,But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;But when they perish, the righteous increase.
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,But when a wicked man rules, people groan.
When the wicked increase, transgression increases;But the righteous will see their fall.
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?
For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?
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.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,On the throne of David and over his kingdom,To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousnessFrom then on and forevermore.The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord,And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.
he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.
Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.
‘Thus says the Lord God, “This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”
They will eat, but not have enough;They will play the harlot, but not increase,Because they have stopped giving heed to the Lord.