45 Bible Verses about Change And Growth

I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.

You water its furrows abundantly,
You settle its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

“I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,

“Drip down, O heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it.
I, the Lord, have created it.

You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.

having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And with the choice yield of the sun,
And with the choice produce of the months.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

They will perish, but You remain;
And they all will become old like a garment,

Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;