Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'increase' occurs 109 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'increase' in the standard works and contain 9.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 25:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 3:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 78 57 135
Gen. 1 4 5
Ex. 0 2 2
Lev. 9 0 9
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 12 0 12
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
1 Chr. 2 2 4
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Ezra 1 1 2
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 3 4 7
Ps. 9 5 14
Prov. 8 7 15
Eccl. 3 4 7
Isa. 4 5 9
Jer. 2 6 8
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 11 5 16
Dan. 1 1 2
Hosea 1 3 4
Amos 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zech. 2 1 3
NT 10 8 18
BM 14 1 15
DC 5 0 5
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 109 66 175

Eccl. 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Eccl. 2:9
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Eccl. 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Eccl. 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 their eyes?

Eccl. 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?