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increase

Meaning of “increase”

Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

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88 occurrences87 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 47:24

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Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 1:5 · retained source text

A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:

Proverbs 3:9
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 3:9 · retained source text

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.19. and 34.36. deut. 26.2 &c. mala. 3.10. &c. luke 14.13.

Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 13:11 · retained source text

Wealth gotten by vanitie shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour, shall increase.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with the hand.

1611 marginal noteChap. 10.2. & 20.21.

Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 14:4 · retained source text

Where no Oxen are, the crib is cleane: but much increase is by the strength of the Oxe.

Proverbs 18:20
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 18:20 · retained source text

A mans belly shall be satisfied with the fruite of his mouth; and with the increase of his lippes shall he be filled.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.14. and 13.2.

Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 22:16 · retained source text

Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches, and he that giueth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Proverbs 28:28
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 28:28 · retained source text

When the wicked rise, men hide themselues: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

1611 marginal noteChap. 29.2. and ver. 12.of this chapter.

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