רָבָה

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

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

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.