Spiritual Growth Through Trials
Luke 8:14 BSB
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Ezekiel 47:12 BSB
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
Psalm 6:7 BSB
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Isaiah 40:30 BSB
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
Psalm 129:6 BSB
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Proverbs 25:17 BSB
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
Matthew 24:12 BSB
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Psalm 92:12 BSB
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalm 132:17 BSB
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
Proverbs 20:13 BSB
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Ephesians 4:15 BSB
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Matthew 6:28 BSB
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
James 3:12 BSB
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Isaiah 38:14 BSB
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
2 Peter 3:18 BSB
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.
Colossians 1:10 BSB
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
Ephesians 4:13 BSB
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
Deuteronomy 8:13 BSB
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
2 Peter 1:8 BSB
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Daniel 12:4 BSB
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”