Ezra 3:12
Some of the priests, Levites, heads of families and old men who had seen the first house were present. When the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes they were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:
Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it nothing in your eyes?'
Job 8:7
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
Psalm 126:6
The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.
Isaiah 41:14
Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I will help you. This is the declaration of Jehovah, your Redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:22
The smallest of them will become a thousand. The weakest of them will become a mighty nation. At the right time I, Jehovah, will make it happen quickly.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.
Daniel 2:34-35
You watched while a stone was cut out without hands. It struck the statue upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven will rejoice, and will see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Matthew 13:31-32
In another illustration Jesus said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man sowed in his field.