100 Bible Verses About Expansion

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.

And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

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

Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

And Remeth, and En–gannim, and En–haddah, and Beth–pazzez;

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

And Me–jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

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?

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.