100 Bible Verses About Growth

Bible verses about Growth

Scripture reveals that growth is not merely a physical or material process, but a spiritual journey of becoming more Christ-like. By studying verses about growth, we discover God's desire for us to mature in faith, wisdom, and love. These passages offer guidance and encouragement as we navigate life's challenges, reminding us that through Him, we can overcome obstacles and flourish. Understanding the biblical perspective on growth empowers us to cultivate inner strength, deepen our relationship with God, and bear fruit that glorifies Him. Let these verses inspire you to embrace the transformative power of God's grace and pursue continuous spiritual development.

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Psalms 107:38 (KJV)

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Bible Verses: Nurturing Spiritual & Personal Growth

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

Deuteronomy 8:13KJV

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

Exodus 36:33KJV

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:4KJV

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Genesis 39:4KJV

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

Psalms 65:12KJV

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

Joshua 15:32KJV

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Isaiah 55:10KJV

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Psalms 90:5KJV

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Job 8:11KJV

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.

Genesis 24:60KJV

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 61:4KJV

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 2:9KJV

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalms 139:16KJV

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Proverbs 13:11KJV

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 4:18KJV

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Isaiah 43:18KJV

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

Joshua 15:57KJV

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;

Genesis 26:4KJV

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Isaiah 54:3KJV

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 19:18KJV

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

Deuteronomy 1:10KJV

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

Joshua 15:31KJV

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

Psalms 65:10KJV

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:25KJV

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Exodus 23:30KJV

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

Genesis 41:29KJV

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Song of Solomon 8:5KJV

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

Numbers 32:38KJV

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Deuteronomy 14:22KJV

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Deuteronomy 29:9KJV

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Isaiah 17:11KJV

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

2 Samuel 5:13KJV

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Job 29:19KJV

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

1 Samuel 18:5KJV

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Psalms 107:38KJV

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:17KJV

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.

Genesis 26:22KJV

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:12KJV

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 19:24KJV

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

Song of Solomon 6:11KJV

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.

Genesis 24:35KJV

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:100KJV

Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

Judges 16:22KJV

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

Isaiah 44:4KJV

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Leviticus 25:5KJV

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

Genesis 30:43KJV

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Psalms 37:35KJV

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 22:15KJV

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:

Joshua 17:17KJV

So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

1 Kings 6:9KJV

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

Genesis 21:18KJV

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

Joshua 19:25KJV

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:8KJV

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

Numbers 33:13KJV

And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

Psalms 105:24KJV

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

Numbers 33:53KJV

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

Joshua 15:33KJV

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Isaiah 54:2KJV

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Exodus 23:16KJV

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

Genesis 40:10KJV

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

Joshua 21:14KJV

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Proverbs 24:5KJV

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;

Deuteronomy 19:1KJV

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Psalms 85:12KJV

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

Deuteronomy 19:2KJV

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9:9KJV

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Proverbs 31:14KJV

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Song of Solomon 2:15KJV

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Deuteronomy 33:6KJV

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

Genesis 26:13KJV

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

Isaiah 37:30KJV

And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

Genesis 41:5KJV

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Ecclesiastes 1:5KJV

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Genesis 48:16KJV

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

2 Kings 4:18KJV

And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

Leviticus 19:23KJV

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

Deuteronomy 32:11KJV

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

Isaiah 28:9KJV

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

Isaiah 2:7KJV

The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

Psalms 104:16KJV

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 65:21KJV

And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

1 Kings 5:8KJV

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Job 39:4KJV

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;

Deuteronomy 19:8KJV

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

Joshua 19:6KJV

And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

2 Samuel 5:10KJV

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Isaiah 60:5KJV

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

Psalms 115:14KJV

But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;

Leviticus 13:35KJV

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Psalms 72:16KJV

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

Psalms 80:11KJV

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Deuteronomy 32:2KJV

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

Nehemiah 7:4KJV

Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

Joshua 15:45KJV

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Isaiah 61:11KJV

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Job 8:19KJV

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:6KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 4:38KJV

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Ecclesiastes 11:6KJV

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.

Numbers 35:5KJV

The Bible's wisdom on growth, as highlighted by these verses, encompasses more than just physical or material advancement. It emphasizes spiritual maturity, cultivated through diligent study, prayer, and obedience. We see the importance of planting good seeds, nurturing our faith like a garden, and embracing pruning as a necessary process for producing abundant fruit. These verses remind us that true growth is a journey, not a destination. It requires patience, perseverance, and a willingness to learn and adapt. Take time to reflect on these scriptures and consider how you can actively apply their principles to your own life. By embracing these teachings, you can foster personal and spiritual development, becoming more like Christ and bearing witness to His transformative power in the world.