1 Chronicles 21:3

New King James Version

And Joab answered, “May the Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?”

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.”

1 Kings 14:16

And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”

2 Kings 12:7

So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

1 Chronicles 21:4

Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children.

Exodus 30:12

“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them.

Exodus 32:21

And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”

Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people is a king’s honor, But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O Lord, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 48:19

Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.”

Deuteronomy 1:11

May the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!

Joshua 22:15

Then they came to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord’s people transgress.