'Increases' in the Bible
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
The wise in heart will be called understanding,And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
Surely she lurks as a robber,And increases the faithless among men.
A wise man is strong,And a man of knowledge increases power.
He who increases his wealth by interest and usuryGathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
When the wicked increase, transgression increases;But the righteous will see their fall.
He gives strength to the weary,And to him who lacks might He increases power.
“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,Even mockery and insinuations against himAnd say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—For how long—And makes himself rich with loans?’