1 Peter 2:2

like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

Matthew 18:3

and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!

Ephesians 4:15

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,

Hebrews 5:12-13

For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.

Mark 10:15

Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

2 Samuel 23:5

Yet not so [is] my house with God, for he made an everlasting covenant for me, arranging everything. He has secured all my deliverance, and all my desire he will cause to happen.

Job 17:9

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

Psalm 19:7-10

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his rising [is] sure like [the] dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like [the] spring rain that waters [the] earth.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily plant, and he will strike his roots like the [trees of] Lebanon.

Hosea 14:7

{They will again dwell} in my shadow; they will grow grain and they will blossom like the plant vine; his fame [will be] like the wine of Lebanon.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.

Romans 6:4

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.

Ephesians 2:21

in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing

1 Peter 1:23

[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

New-born

1 Peter 1:23
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Matthew 18:3
and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!
Mark 10:15
Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."
Romans 6:4
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.
1 Corinthians 3:1
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

The sincere

Psalm 19:7
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,
Hebrews 5:12
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.

Grow

2 Samuel 23:5
Yet not so [is] my house with God, for he made an everlasting covenant for me, arranging everything. He has secured all my deliverance, and all my desire he will cause to happen.
Job 17:9
But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his rising [is] sure like [the] dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like [the] spring rain that waters [the] earth.
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily plant, and he will strike his roots like the [trees of] Lebanon.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.
Ephesians 2:21
in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
Ephesians 4:15
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

General references

John 10:5
And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."