Here are 100 Bible verses about growing, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
2 Peter 3:18 KJV
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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1 Peter 2:2 KJV
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Philippians 3:12-14 KJV
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high …
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Colossians 1:10 KJV
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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1 Corinthians 13:11 KJV
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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Hebrews 6:1 KJV
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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Hebrews 5:12-14 KJV
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have …
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Colossians 2:6-7 KJV
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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Hebrews 5:12 KJV
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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Ephesians 4:15 KJV
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
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Colossians 1:9-10 KJV
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Philippians 1:6 KJV
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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1 Samuel 2:26 KJV
26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.
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Isaiah 40:31 KJV
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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Psalm 92:12 KJV
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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2 Peter 1:5-8 KJV
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the …
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Galatians 6:9 KJV
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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John 3:16 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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1 Peter 2:2-3 KJV
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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Ephesians 4:13 KJV
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
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1 Peter 2:1-25 KJV
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, …
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Ephesians 4:11-16 KJV
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: …
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1 Corinthians 3:2 KJV
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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Malachi 4:2 KJV
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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Romans 12:2 KJV
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
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Psalm 92:12-14 KJV
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
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Romans 5:2-6 KJV
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is …
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John 15:5 KJV
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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1 Timothy 4:15 KJV
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Luke 2:52 KJV
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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Isaiah 11:1 KJV
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
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James 1:2-4 KJV
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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1 Corinthians 14:20 KJV
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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Luke 1:37 KJV
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
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Psalm 1:1-3 KJV
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he …
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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Philippians 1:9 KJV
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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James 1:3 KJV
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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Ephesians 4:2 KJV
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
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Psalm 90:12 KJV
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Luke 8:14-15 KJV
14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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Hebrews 6:2 KJV
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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1 Timothy 4:11-15 KJV
11 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the …
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1 Timothy 4:2 KJV
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
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Philippians 3:10 KJV
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
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2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
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Ephesians 4:13-16 KJV
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow …
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Ephesians 3:3 KJV
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
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Ephesians 2:21 KJV
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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Matthew 6:33 KJV
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 KJV
1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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2 Peter 1:5 KJV
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
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Ephesians 4:20-24 KJV
20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which …
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Isaiah 5:1-30 KJV
1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O …
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Psalm 119:105 KJV
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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2 Timothy 2:3 KJV
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV
12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
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Luke 17:5 KJV
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
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Psalm 34:10 KJV
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
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Philippians 3:2 KJV
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
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Galatians 3:3 KJV
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
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1 Peter 3:18 KJV
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Hebrews 6:1-2 KJV
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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Colossians 3:9-10 KJV
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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Ephesians 4:3 KJV
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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Jeremiah 12:2 KJV
2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
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2 Corinthians 9:6 KJV
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 13:10 KJV
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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2 Timothy 3:3 KJV
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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2 Corinthians 13:5-7 KJV
5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
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Colossians 2:7 KJV
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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Ephesians 4:14 KJV
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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Proverbs 27:17 KJV
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of …
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Revelation 1:8 KJV
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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Galatians 6:2 KJV
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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Philippians 4:13 KJV
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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Galatians 5:2 KJV
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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Proverbs 20:29 KJV
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …
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Ephesians 4:11 KJV
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
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Leviticus 19:32 KJV
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 47:12 KJV
12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
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Job 12:12 KJV
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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Psalm 73:26 KJV
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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Isaiah 46:4 KJV
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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Isaiah 41:10 KJV
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Job 32:7 KJV
7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
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Psalm 92:14 KJV
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
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Psalm 71:9 KJV
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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Genesis 1:29 KJV
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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1 Timothy 5:1 KJV
1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
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1 Timothy 4:7 KJV
7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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Matthew 5:6 KJV
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.