Genesis 1:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 ¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
  • Job 40:15 : 15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
  • Ps 107:31 : 31 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
  • Gen 30:30 : 30 For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: 14 [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:23-31
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    89%

    23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

    25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

    26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

    29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

    30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

    31¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • Gen 1:17-21
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    87%

    17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

    21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

    2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

  • Gen 8:17
    80%

    17Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  • Gen 9:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

    8¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

  • Gen 1:6-12
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    76%

    6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 2:19
    74%

    19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

  • Gen 7:3
    73%

    3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 7:14
    73%

    14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

  • Gen 5:2
    73%

    2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

  • Ps 148:10
    72%

    10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

  • Ps 8:8
    72%

    8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • Gen 9:10
    72%

    10And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

  • Gen 6:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

    20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  • Gen 8:19
    71%

    19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • Gen 28:3
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    3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

  • Gen 8:15
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    15¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying,

  • Deut 4:17
    71%

    17The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

  • Heb 6:14
    71%

    14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

  • Exod 1:7
    71%

    7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

  • Gen 2:4
    71%

    4¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,