Mark 4:27
and sleep and rise, night and day, and the sown corn should sprout, and grow into length, he knoweth not how:
John 3:7-8
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
1 Corinthians 15:37-38
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth:
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.