12 Bible Verses about Increase
Most Relevant Verses
So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth.
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase.”
There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,
[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From that time forward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].”
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity], to [fully] please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts];
Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write you, for you have been [personally] taught by God to love one another [that is, to have an unselfish concern for others and to do things for their benefit].
But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the needy of mankind will rejoice and celebrate in the Holy One of Israel.
Jacob answered him, “You know how I have served you and how your possessions, your cattle and sheep and goats, have fared with me. For you had little before I came and it has increased and multiplied abundantly, and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household?”
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].
From Thematic Bible
Increase » Increase, natural from the land
Then Isaac planted [seed] in that land [as a farmer] and reaped in the same year a hundred times [as much as he had planted], and the Lord blessed and favored him.
In the seven abundant years the earth produced handfuls [for each seed planted].
then I will give you rain in its season, and the land will yield her produce and the trees of the field bear their fruit.
“Every year you shall certainly tithe [a tenth] of all the yield of your seed which is produced by your field.
Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
Increase » God giving the increase
I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase. So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor. read more.
For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God's building.
Increase » When the righteous increase
When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves;
But when the wicked perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become great.
Increase » Who shall increase
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].
