65 verses contain “increased” (in the KJV: 58, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–65
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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.
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
So the waters continued to
surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark
floated on the surface of the waters.
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
And the man
increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and
asses.
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and
donkeys.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of
Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of
Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and
increased greatly in number.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be
increased, and
inherit the land.
Little by little I will drive them out
ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
While Saul was talking to the priest, the
commotion in the
Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
And
Absalom sent for
Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the
conspiracy was strong; for the people
increased continually with
Absalom.
And the battle
increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his
chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the
chariot.
The battle
raged throughout that day, and the king was
propped up in his
chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out
onto the floor of the
chariot, and that evening he died.
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead.
They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their
livestock had
increased in the land of
Gilead.
Now the people of the half-tribe of
Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from
Bashan to
Baal-
hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount
Hermon).
And the battle
increased that day:
howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his
chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
The battle
raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel
propped himself up in his
chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at
sunset he died.
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as
Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon
trespassed more and more.
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father
Manasseh had done; instead, Amon
increased his guilt.
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
trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
and said: “O my God, I am
ashamed and
embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our
iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Hast not thou made an
hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is
increased in the land.
Have You not placed a
hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have
increased in the land.
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
Thou hast put
gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine
increased.
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Do not be
amazed when a man grows rich, when the
splendor of his house increases.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
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 in Jerusalem:
yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
When good things increase, so do those who
consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
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 they divide the
spoil.
You have enlarged the nation and
increased its joy. The people
rejoice before You as they
rejoice at harvest time, as men
rejoice in dividing the
plunder.
Thou hast
increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast
increased the nation: thou art
glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for
Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto
Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and
increased him.
Look to Abraham your father, and to
Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
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 of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer
discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall
slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall
spoil them, a
leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be
torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are
increased.
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will
ravage them. A
leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and
everyone who ventures out will be
torn to pieces. For their
rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Their widows are
increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a
spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at
noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them
anguish and dismay.
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 daughters; that ye may be
increased there, and not diminished.
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were
increased.
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
Why criest thou for thine
affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were
increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
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
increased in the daughter of Judah
mourning and
lamentation.
The Lord is like an enemy; He has
swallowed up Israel. He has
swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied
mourning and
lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
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: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou
wast naked and bare.
I made you
thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and
matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
Thou hast also committed
fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast
increased thy whoredoms, to
provoke me to anger.
And that she
increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with
vermilion,
By thy great wisdom and by thy
traffick hast thou
increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
And there was an
enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so
increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
The side rooms surrounding the temple
widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a
stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
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
increased.
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will
roam to and
fro, and knowledge will increase.”
As they were
increased, so they
sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
The more they multiplied, the more they
sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Israel was a
luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit
increased, the more he
increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
I have
smitten you with blasting and
mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees
increased, the
palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I struck you with
blight and
mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the
locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
I will
whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that
sprang up and
increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it
sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a
hundredfold.”
And Jesus
increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favour with God and man.
And Jesus grew in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and man.
And the word of God
increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were
obedient to the faith.
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became
obedient to the faith.
But when the time of the promise drew
nigh, which God had
sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
As the time drew near for God to
fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt
increased greatly in number.
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
But Saul was
empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
The law came in so that the
trespass would increase; but where sin
increased, grace
increased all the more,
Not
boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is
increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Neither do we
boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and
increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not
realize that you are
wretched,
pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them: for they have forgotten me, and have offered unto strange gods.
But iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.
Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave
alms, and he
increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they
sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were
increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
But she
increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband’s house, being an hundred and five years old, and made her
maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be
increased at thy last end.
As had been her glory, so was her dishonour
increased, and her
excellency was turned into
mourning.
Both they, and their children, and their wives; and their cattle; because afflictions
increased sore upon them.
So when Philip saw that this man
increased by little and little, and that things
prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolemeus, the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, to yield more aid to the king’s affairs.