Mark 4:28
Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Mark 4:31-32
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the soil, is the smallest seed in the world;
Matthew 13:26
"And when the blade shot up and formed the wheat-kernel, then the tares also appeared.
Philippians 1:6
Of this I am fully persuaded, that He who has begun a good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:9-11
And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight
Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.