1 Chronicles 21:3
And Ioab answered, The Lord increase his people an hundreth times so many as they be, O my lord the King: are they not all my lords seruats? wherefore doeth my lord require this thing? why should he be a cause of trespasse to Israel?
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Genesis 20:9Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offeded thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdome this great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.
Exodus 32:21Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?
Deuteronomy 1:11(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you)
1 Samuel 2:24Do no more, my sonnes, for it is no good report that I heare, which is, that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.
2 Kings 12:7Then King Iehoash called for Iehoiada the Priest, and the other Priestes, and sayd vnto them, Why repaire yee not the ruines of the Temple? nowe therefore receiue no more money of your acquaintance, except yee deliuer it to repaire the ruines of the Temple.
Psalms 115:14The Lord will increase his graces towarde you, euen toward you and toward your children.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:2-7
The Giants Subdued. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →