Abundance (2)

Examples of material abundance

Rain

Deuteronomy 32:2 NKJV

Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

See also 1 Ki 18:41; 1 Ki 18:45; Job 36:28; Ps 68:9; Joe 2:23

Water, streams and rivers

Psalm 78:20 NKJV

Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?”

See also Nu 24:7; 2 Ch 32:4; Ps 1:3; Is 44:4; Eze 47:5

Luxuriant growth and fruitfulness

Ezekiel 47:12 NKJV

Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”

See also Eze 19:10; Eze 31:2–9; Da 4:12; Da 4:21; Re 22:2

Harvest, food, milk and wine

Amos 9:13 NKJV

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it.

See also 2 Ch 31:10; Ps 4:7; Ps 23:5; Ps 37:19; Pr 3:10; Is 7:22; Je 44:17; Joe 3:13; Mic 2:11

Spaciousness

Psalm 31:8 NKJV

And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

See also Ge 26:22; Ps 66:12

Wealth and possessions

Genesis 24:35 NKJV

The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

See also Ge 30:43; Ge 36:7; 2 Sa 19:32; 2 Ch 1:15; 2 Ch 9:22; Job 1:3

Canaan

Exodus 3:8 NKJV

So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

See also Nu 13:27; Dt 8:8; Je 2:7

Material abundance a reward for obedience

Leviticus 26:5 NKJV

Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

See also Dt 30:9; Job 42:12; Ps 132:15

Obedience not always rewarded in this way

Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Php 4:12

Examples of spiritual abundance

The abundance of divine power

Dt 9:26; Ps 93:4; Joe 2:29–32; Eph 1:18–20; Eph 3:20

The abundance of divine grace

Ro 5:20; 2 Co 9:8–14; Eph 1:7; Eph 2:6–7; 1 Ti 1:14; 1 Pe 1:2; 2 Pe 1:2

The abundance of human thanksgiving

2 Corinthians 4:15 NKJV

For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

See also Ps 119:171

The abundance of God’s future blessing

2 Corinthians 4:17 NKJV

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

See also Ps 36:8; Is 64:4; Jn 10:10; 1 Co 2:9; 2 Pe 1:11; Re 14:3