Leviticus 26:9

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘I will bless you. I will give you many children so that there will be many of you. And I will be faithful to the covenant I made with you.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. He said to them, “Have children so that there will be many of you. Fill the earth and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Rule over every living creature that moves along the ground.”

Genesis 17:20

I have heard what you said about Ishmael. I will surely bless him. I will make his family very large. He will be the father of 12 rulers. And I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 22:17

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. And I will give them all these lands. All nations on earth will be blessed because of your children.

Genesis 28:14

They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.

Genesis 28:3

May the Mighty God bless you. May he give you children. May he make your family larger until you become a community of nations.

Genesis 48:4

He said to me, ‘I am going to give you children. I will make your family very large. I will make you a community of nations. And I will give this land to your children after you. It will belong to them forever.’

Genesis 6:18

But I will make my covenant with you. You will go into the ark. Your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives will enter it with you.

1 Kings 3:8

I’m here among the people you have chosen. They are a great nation. They are more than anyone can count.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord helped Israel. He was tender and kind to them. He showed concern for them. He did all these things because of the covenant he had made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he hasn’t been willing to destroy Israel. And he hasn’t driven them out of his land.

Nehemiah 2:20

I answered, “The God of heaven will give us success. We serve him. So we’ll start rebuilding the walls. But you don’t have any share in Jerusalem. You don’t have any claim to it. You don’t have any right to worship here.”

Nehemiah 9:23

You gave them as many children as there are stars in the sky. You told their parents to enter the land. You told them to take it over. And you brought their children into it.

Psalm 107:38

He blessed the people, and they greatly increased their numbers. He kept their herds from getting smaller.

Psalm 89:3

You said, “Here is the covenant I have made with my chosen one. Here is the promise I have made to my servant David.

Exodus 1:7

The people of Israel had many children. The number of them greatly increased. There were so many of them that they filled the land.

Exodus 2:25

So God looked on the Israelites with concern for them.

Exodus 6:4

I also made my covenant with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. That is where they lived as outsiders.

Isaiah 55:3

Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.

Jeremiah 23:3

“I myself will gather together those who are left alive in my flock. I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them. And I will bring them back to their own land. There my sheep will have many lambs. There will be many more of them.

Jeremiah 23:4

I will place shepherds over them who will take good care of them. My sheep will not be afraid or terrified anymore. And none of them will be missing,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call out to me. I will answer you. I will tell you great things you do not know. And unless I do, you wouldn’t be able to find out about them.”

Ezekiel 16:62

So I will make my new covenant with you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:9

I am concerned about you. I will do good things for you. Farmers will plow your ground. They will plant seeds in it.

Leviticus 26:15

Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands.

Luke 1:72

He has been kind to our people of long ago. He has remembered his holy covenant.

Deuteronomy 28:11

The Lord will give you more than you need. You will have many children. Your livestock will have many little ones. Your crops will do very well. All of that will happen in the land he promised to give you. He promised this to your people of long ago.

Deuteronomy 28:4

Your children will be blessed. Your crops will be blessed. The young animals among your livestock will be blessed. That includes your calves and lambs.

Deuteronomy 7:13

The Lord will love you and bless you. He’ll cause there to be many of you. He’ll give you many children. He’ll bless the crops of your land. He’ll give you plenty of grain, olive oil and fresh wine. He’ll bless your herds with many calves. He’ll give your flocks many lambs. He’ll do all these things for you in the land of Canaan. It’s the land he promised your people of long ago that he would give you.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their people of long ago. That was when I took them by the hand. I led them out of Egypt. My new covenant will be different because they didn’t remain faithful to my old covenant. So I turned away from them, announces the Lord.