45 Bible Verses about Change And Growth
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Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender shoots thereof will not cease.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: but in malice be children, but in understanding be men.
The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive;
As you know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
They shall perish; but you remain; and they all shall grow old as does a garment;
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Let us therefore, as many as would be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
And with the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and with the precious things put forth by the moon,
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them grain, when you have so provided for it.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Until the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
You water its ridges abundantly: you settle its furrows: you make it soft with showers: you bless its growth.
In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and withers.
Your clothing grew not old upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may by chance be wheat, or of some other grain:
For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.