Genesis 1:22

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God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

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  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'
  • Job 42:12 : 12 The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and He did not let their livestock decrease.
  • Job 40:15 : 15 Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox.
  • Ps 107:31 : 31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind.
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.'
  • Gen 30:30 : 30 For you had little before I came, but now it has increased greatly. The LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when can I provide for my own household?
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a community of nations, will come from you, and kings will come from your own body."
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 I will turn to you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will confirm my covenant with you.
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. 14 May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:23-31
    9 verses
    89%

    23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

    24Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living beings according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so.

    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

    27So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'

    29Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

    30And to all the beasts of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.' And it was so.

    31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  • Gen 1:17-21
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    17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

    20Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'

    21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teem, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'

    2The fear and dread of you will be upon every animal of the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.

  • Gen 8:17
    80%

    17Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.

  • Gen 9:7-8
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    79%

    7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply upon it.

    8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

  • Gen 1:6-12
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    76%

    6Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

    7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

    8God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

    9Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.

    10God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good.

    11Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

    12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

    15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.

  • Gen 2:19
    74%

    19Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that became its name.

  • Gen 7:3
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    3Also take seven pairs of the birds of the sky, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 7:14
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    14They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came.

  • Gen 5:2
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    2He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them 'Mankind' on the day they were created.

  • Ps 148:10
    72%

    10wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,

  • Ps 8:8
    72%

    8sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the beasts of the field,

  • Gen 9:10
    72%

    10and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the creatures of the earth—that came out of the ark with you, every living thing on the earth.

  • Gen 6:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

    20From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, and from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

  • Gen 8:19
    71%

    19Every living thing, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark, family by family.

  • Gen 28:3
    71%

    3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

  • Deut 4:17
    71%

    17Or in the form of any animal on the earth, or any bird that flies in the sky,

  • Heb 6:14
    71%

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Exod 1:7
    71%

    7But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

  • Gen 2:4
    71%

    4These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.