Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?

The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.

But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.