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Psalm 115:14
May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
12The LORD remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
13He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
14May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
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The words “you and your children” extend the blessing across generations, touching hopes for a future whose growth rests in YHWH’s hands.
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Deuteronomy 1:11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!Both passages ask the LORD to increase his people, with Deuteronomy expressing that hope as a thousandfold increase.
Acts 2:39For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”Both address their hearers and their children, while Acts also extends the promise to those far off whom God will call.
Acts 3:25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed …Both speak of blessing across generations; Acts names God’s covenant with Abraham and blessing for all families through his offspring.
Jeremiah 33:22As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who …Both speak of increase from the LORD, with Jeremiah specifying the offspring of David and the Levites who minister to God.
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and …Both include the next generation in God’s dealings with his people; Genesis speaks of an everlasting covenant with Abraham and his offspring.
Isaiah 61:9Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring …Both connect the LORD’s blessing with descendants, and Isaiah describes those descendants being recognized among the nations as blessed.
2 Samuel 24:3Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. …Both express a wish that the LORD increase his people, with Joab asking for a hundredfold addition.
Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.Both concern the growth of future generations through God, with Genesis describing offspring as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Revelation 7:4I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:Both concern the people of Israel, though the psalm asks for increase and Revelation counts those who were sealed.
Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing …The shared thread is a numerous people: the psalm asks for increase, while Revelation describes an uncountable multitude before the throne.
Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and …Both speak of God increasing his people; Jeremiah joins that multiplication with thanksgiving and the assurance that they will not be few.
Jeremiah 32:38–39Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.Both concern God and his people, though Jeremiah’s supplied words do not mention the increase or children named in the psalm.
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Parenting. fear for the future. gratitude.
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The blessing reaches beyond those who hear it to their children; its hope rests in YHWH, whom the surrounding verses name as the maker of heaven and earth.
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