Occurrences
ʻâshar occurs 17 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Samuel (2), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (6), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich (הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי):
- 1 Samuel 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich (וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר): he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 — And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich (יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּ) him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
- Job 15:29 — He shall not be rich (יֶ֭עְשַׁר), neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
- Psalms 49:16 — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich (יַעֲשִׁ֣ר), when the glory of his house is increased;
- Psalms 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest (תַּעְשְׁרֶ֗נָּה) it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich (תַּעֲשִֽׁיר).
- Proverbs 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich (תַעֲשִׁ֑יר), and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Proverbs 13:7 — There is that maketh himself rich (מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר), yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
- Proverbs 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich (יַעֲשִֽׁיר).
- Proverbs 23:4 — Labour not to be rich (לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר): cease from thine own wisdom.
- Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich (לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר) shall not be innocent.
- Jeremiah 5:27 — As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich (וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ).
- Ezekiel 27:33 — When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich (הֶעֱשַׁ֖רְתְּ) the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
- Daniel 11:2 — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer (יַעֲשִׁ֤יר) than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
- Hosea 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich (עָשַׁ֔רְתִּי), I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Zechariah 11:5 — Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich (וַאעְשִׁ֑ר): and their own shepherds pity them not.