Bible Cross References
Joab
2 Samuel 24:2-4
2
So David gave orders to Joab, the commander of his army: "Go with your officers through all the tribes of Israel from one end of the country to the other, and count the people. I want to know how many there are."
3
But Joab answered the king, "Your Majesty, may the LORD your God make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now, and may you live to see him do it. But why does Your Majesty want to do this?"
4
But the king made Joab and his officers obey his order; they left his presence and went out to count the people of Israel.
Beer-sheba
Judges 20:1
All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the east, answered the call. They gathered in one body in the LORD's presence at Mizpah.
1 Samuel 3:20
So all the people of Israel, from one end of the country to the other, knew that Samuel was indeed a prophet of the LORD.
2 Samuel 3:10
2 Samuel 17:11
My advice is that you bring all the Israelites together from one end of the country to the other, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and that you lead them personally in battle.
2 Samuel 24:15
So the LORD sent an epidemic on Israel, which lasted from that morning until the time that he had chosen. From one end of the country to the other seventy thousand Israelites died.
1 Kings 4:25
As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
2 Chronicles 30:5
so they invited all the Israelites, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, to come together in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover according to the Law, in larger numbers than ever before.
bring
1 Chronicles 27:23
King David did not take a census of the people who were under the age of twenty, because of the LORD's promise to make the people of Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.
1 Chronicles 27:24
Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, began to take a census, but he did not complete it. God punished Israel because of this census, so the final figures were never recorded in King David's official records.
that I may
Deuteronomy 8:13-17
13
and when your cattle and sheep, your silver and gold, and all your other possessions have increased,
14
be sure that you do not become proud and forget the LORD your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
15
He led you through that vast and terrifying desert where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. In that dry and waterless land he made water flow out of solid rock for you.
16
In the desert he gave you manna to eat, food that your ancestors had never eaten. He sent hardships on you to test you, so that in the end he could bless you with good things.
17
So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength.
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the LORD had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it.
2 Chronicles 32:26
Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the LORD did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.
Proverbs 29:23
Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.
2 Corinthians 12:7
But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.