2Sa 10:12, 1Ch 21:3-4, Psa 115:14, Pro 14:28, Isa 60:5 | ESV | STEP | Be of good courage , and let us be courageous for our people , and for the cities of our God , and may the Lord do what seems good to him .

2 Samuel 10:12

12 ^aBe of good courage, and ^blet us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and ^cmay the Lord do what seems good to him.”

1 Chronicles 21:3-4

3 But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?” 4 But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.

Psalms 115:14

14 May the Lord ^dgive you increase,
you and your children!

Proverbs 14:28

28 In ^ea multitude of people is the glory of a king,
but without people a prince is ruined.

Isaiah 60:5

5 Then you shall see and ^fbe radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult, ^{▼▼Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide}
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
^hthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.