'Grow' in the Bible
Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;And you will eat the plants of the field;
and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;
The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,Bless the lads;And may my name live on in them,And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you.
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.
It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well),
When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
“Truly is not my house so with God?For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,Ordered in all things, and secured;For all my salvation and all my desire,Will He not indeed make it grow?
Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the rushes grow without water?
“Though its roots grow old in the groundAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,
“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Let briars grow instead of wheat,And stinkweed instead of barley.”The words of Job are ended.
“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;They leave and do not return to them.
My wounds grow foul and festerBecause of my folly.
May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually.
The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,And vegetation for the labor of man,So that he may bring forth food from the earth,
Who covers the heavens with clouds,Who provides rain for the earth,Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;
Though youths grow weary and tired,And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.
“For I will not contend forever,Nor will I always be angry;For the spirit would grow faint before Me,And the breath of those whom I have made.
You have planted them, they have also taken root;They grow, they have even produced fruit.You are near to their lipsBut far from their mind.
“Now so that your heart does not grow faint,And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land—For the report will come one year,And after that another report in another year,And violence will be in the landWith ruler against ruler—
‘The waters made it grow, the deep made it high.With its rivers it continually extended all around its planting place,And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.
By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
“Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed.
Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Before them the earth quakes,The heavens tremble,The sun and the moon grow darkAnd the stars lose their brightness.
The sun and moon grow darkAnd the stars lose their brightness.
Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hostsThat peoples toil for fire,And nations grow weary for nothing?
And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”
But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary of doing good.
For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
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.
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