Scripture teaches that God is the giver of increase, and His people are called to trust in His provision. In Isaiah, believers are encouraged to enlarge their tents and stretch their cords, symbolizing the abundance that comes from God. The apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians that God will multiply the seed sown and increase the harvest, while Jesus teaches in Luke that generous giving will result in a generous return. The Psalms also declare that God will increase His people, blessing them with more and more, as seen in the story of Jabez in 1 Chronicles, who prayed for God's blessing and received it.
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“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’