# רָבָה (ravah) Israeli respelling: ra-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H7235. 215 Old Testament occurrences. to increase (in whatever respect) King James renderings: (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre… Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ravah-h7235 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/22) — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. - [Genesis 1:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/28) — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the… - [Genesis 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/16) — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire sh… - [Genesis 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/7/17) — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. - [Genesis 7:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/7/18) — And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. - [Genesis 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/8/17) — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that cre… - [Genesis 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/1) — And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. - [Genesis 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/7) — And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. - [Genesis 15:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/15/1) — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great rewa… - [Genesis 16:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/16/10) — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. - [Genesis 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/17/2) — And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. - [Genesis 17:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/17/20) — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve pr… - [Genesis 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/20) — And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. - [Genesis 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/17) — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon t… - [Genesis 26:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/4) — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the… - [Genesis 26:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/24) — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless t… - [Genesis 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/3) — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; - [Genesis 34:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/12) — Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. - [Genesis 35:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/11) — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall com… - [Genesis 38:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/12) — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he… - [Genesis 41:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/49) — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. - [Genesis 43:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/34) — And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and wer… - [Genesis 47:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/27) — And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. - [Genesis 48:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/4) — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this l… - [Exodus 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/7) — And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled wit… - [Exodus 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/10) — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto o… - [Exodus 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/12) — But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. - [Exodus 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/20) — Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. - [Exodus 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/7/3) — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. - [Exodus 11:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/11/9) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. - [Exodus 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/17) — And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. - [Exodus 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/18) — And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered ever… - [Exodus 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/15) — The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an ato… - [Exodus 32:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/13) — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed… - [Exodus 36:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/36/5) — And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. - [Leviticus 11:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/11/42) — Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon… - [Leviticus 25:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/16) — According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the pr… - [Leviticus 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/26/9) — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. - [Numbers 26:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/54) — To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given… - [Numbers 33:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/33/54) — And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the… - [Numbers 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/8) — And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but f… - [Deuteronomy 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/10) — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. - [Deuteronomy 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/5) — All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. - [Deuteronomy 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/3) — Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fa… - [Deuteronomy 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/13) — And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, an… - [Deuteronomy 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/22) — And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of… - [Deuteronomy 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/1) — All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land w… - [Deuteronomy 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/13) — And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; - [Deuteronomy 11:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/11/21) — That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the da… - [Deuteronomy 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/17) — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mer… - [Deuteronomy 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/14/24) — And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God sh… - [Deuteronomy 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/17/16) — But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch… - [Deuteronomy 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/17/17) — Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. - [Deuteronomy 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/6) — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas h… - [Deuteronomy 28:63](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/63) — And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to des… - [Deuteronomy 30:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/5) — And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and mu… - [Deuteronomy 30:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/16) — In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgme… - [Joshua 13:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/1) — Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much… - [Joshua 22:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/22/8) — And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with br… - [Joshua 24:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/24/3) — And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, an… - [Judges 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/29) — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. - [Judges 16:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/24) — And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of o… - [Judges 20:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/38) — Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out… - [1 Samuel 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/12) — And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. - [1 Samuel 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/3) — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are wei… - [1 Samuel 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/2) — And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lam… - [1 Samuel 14:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/30) — How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a muc… - [1 Samuel 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/10) — And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away… - [1 Samuel 26:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/21) — Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day:… - [2 Samuel 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/4) — And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of… - [2 Samuel 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/8) — And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. - [2 Samuel 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/2) — The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: - [2 Samuel 12:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/30) — And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David… - [2 Samuel 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/11) — Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any mor… - [2 Samuel 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/8) — For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. - [2 Samuel 22:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/36) — Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. - [1 Kings 4:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/29) — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. - [1 Kings 4:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/30) — And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. - [1 Kings 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/10) — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such a… - [1 Kings 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/11) — And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. - [2 Kings 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/18) — And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. - [2 Kings 21:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/21/6) — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wroug… - [2 Kings 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/21/16) — Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Jud… - [1 Chronicles 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/10) — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be wi… - [1 Chronicles 4:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/27) — And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the c… - [1 Chronicles 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/9) — And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land… - [1 Chronicles 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/23) — And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Herm… - [1 Chronicles 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/4) — And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for the… - [1 Chronicles 8:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/8/40) — And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons… - [1 Chronicles 20:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/2) — And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and… - [1 Chronicles 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/11) — And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to… - [1 Chronicles 23:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/17) — And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. - [1 Chronicles 27:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/27/23) — But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars… - [2 Chronicles 11:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/12) — And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. - [2 Chronicles 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/13) — And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselv… - [2 Chronicles 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/16/8) — Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he deli… - [2 Chronicles 24:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/24/27) — Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in… - [2 Chronicles 25:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/9) — And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of G… - [2 Chronicles 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/31/5) — And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey,… - [2 Chronicles 32:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/27) — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and fo… - [2 Chronicles 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/6) — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and… - [2 Chronicles 33:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/23) — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. - [2 Chronicles 36:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/14) — Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the h… - [Ezra 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/6) — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our tres… - [Ezra 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/1) — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out… - [Ezra 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/10/13) — But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for… - [Nehemiah 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/2) — Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was… - [Nehemiah 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/1) — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. - [Nehemiah 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/10) — And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. - [Nehemiah 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/19) — And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wa… - [Nehemiah 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/18) — Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of al… - [Nehemiah 6:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/6/17) — Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. - [Nehemiah 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/23) — Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to th… - [Nehemiah 9:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/37) — And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and o… - [Job 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/17) — For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. - [Job 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/17) — Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. - [Job 27:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/14) — If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. - [Job 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/18) — Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. - [Job 33:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/12) — Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. - [Job 34:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/37) — For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. - [Job 39:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/4) — Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. - [Job 41:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/3) — Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? - [Psalms 16:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/16/4) — Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names i… - [Psalms 18:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/35) — Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. - [Psalms 44:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/12) — Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. - [Psalms 49:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/16) — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; - [Psalms 51:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/2) — Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. - [Psalms 71:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/21) — Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. - [Psalms 78:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/38) — But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not st… - [Psalms 107:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/38) — He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. - [Psalms 130:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/130/7) — Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. - [Psalms 139:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/18) — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. - [Proverbs 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/10) — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. - [Proverbs 6:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/35) — He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. - [Proverbs 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/11) — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. - [Proverbs 13:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/11) — Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. - [Proverbs 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/16) — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. - [Proverbs 25:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/27) — It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. - [Proverbs 28:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/8) — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. - [Proverbs 28:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/28) — When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. - [Proverbs 29:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/2) — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. - [Proverbs 29:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/16) — When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. - [Ecclesiastes 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/1/16) — I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me i… - [Ecclesiastes 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/7) — I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that wer… - [Ecclesiastes 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/7) — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. - [Ecclesiastes 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/11) — When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with thei… - [Ecclesiastes 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/12) — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. - [Ecclesiastes 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/17) — All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. - [Ecclesiastes 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/20) — For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. - [Ecclesiastes 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/6/11) — Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? - [Ecclesiastes 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/16) — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? - [Ecclesiastes 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/17) — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? - [Ecclesiastes 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/18) — Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. - [Ecclesiastes 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/14) — A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? - [Ecclesiastes 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/8) — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh i… - [Ecclesiastes 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/9) — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order… - [Ecclesiastes 12:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/12) — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. - [Isaiah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/15) — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full o… - [Isaiah 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/3) — Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when t… - [Isaiah 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/9) — Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. - [Isaiah 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/16) — Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. - [Isaiah 30:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/33) — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; th… - [Isaiah 40:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/29) — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. - [Isaiah 51:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/2) — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. - [Isaiah 55:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/55/7) — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; an… - [Isaiah 57:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/9) — And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thysel… - [Isaiah 59:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/12) — For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniq… - [Jeremiah 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/22) — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. - [Jeremiah 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/16) — And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark… - [Jeremiah 23:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/3) — 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 th… - [Jeremiah 29:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/29/6) — Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and… - [Jeremiah 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/19) — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I wi… - [Jeremiah 33:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/22) — As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Le… - [Jeremiah 40:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/12) — Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathere… - [Jeremiah 42:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/2) — And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,… - [Jeremiah 46:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/11) — Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. - [Jeremiah 46:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/16) — He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativ… - [Lamentations 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/5) — The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath i… - [Lamentations 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/22) — Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I… - [Ezekiel 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/11/6) — Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. - [Ezekiel 16:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/7) — I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments:… - [Ezekiel 16:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/25) — Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one tha… - [Ezekiel 16:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/26) — Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to… - [Ezekiel 16:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/29) — Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. - [Ezekiel 16:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/51) — Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters… - [Ezekiel 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/2) — And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. - [Ezekiel 21:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/15) — I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright… - [Ezekiel 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/25) — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have take… - [Ezekiel 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/19) — Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. - [Ezekiel 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/10) — Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. - [Ezekiel 28:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/5) — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: - [Ezekiel 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/5) — Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of… - [Ezekiel 36:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/10) — And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be build… - [Ezekiel 36:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/11) — 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… - [Ezekiel 36:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/29) — 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. - [Ezekiel 36:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/30) — 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 heathe… - [Ezekiel 36:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/37) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a… - [Ezekiel 37:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/37/26) — Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them… - [Daniel 11:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/39) — 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… - [Daniel 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/4) — But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be in… - [Hosea 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/8) — For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. - [Hosea 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/7) — As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. - [Hosea 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/11) — Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. - [Hosea 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/14) — For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities,… - [Hosea 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/1) — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; accord… - [Hosea 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/1) — Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the A… - [Hosea 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/10) — I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. - [Amos 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/4) — Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three year… - [Amos 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/9) — I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the pa… - [Jonah 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/4/11) — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right ha… - [Nahum 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/16) — Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. - [Habakkuk 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/6) — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is no… - [Haggai 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/6) — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but ther… - [Haggai 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/9) — Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mi… - [Zechariah 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/10/8) — I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.