Fruitful

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

…and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

…but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.