Ezra 3:12
Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders -- older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established -- were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.
Haggai 2:3
Who among you survivors saw the former splendor of this temple? How does it look to you now? Isn't it nothing by comparison?
Job 8:7
Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.
Psalm 126:6
The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
Isaiah 41:14
Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:22
The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!"
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
Daniel 2:34-35
You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.
Zechariah 4:10
For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel's hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)
Matthew 13:31-32
He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.