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It refers to the natural process of maturation and increase, as well as the spiritual growth that believers are encouraged to pursue in their relationship with God. Growth is seen as a sign of life and vitality, both in the natural world and in the spiritual realm. Physical Growth: Physical growth is a natural part of God's creation. In <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Genesis 1:11-12</a> , God commands the earth to bring forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit. This illustrates the principle of growth as an inherent part of the created order. Similarly, human growth is acknowledged in passages like <a href="/luke/2-52.htm">Luke 2:52</a> , which states, "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." Spiritual Growth: Spiritual growth is a central theme in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to mature in their faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ. <a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm">Ephesians 4:15</a> exhorts believers to "speak the truth in love" and to "grow up in all things into Him who is the head, that is, Christ." This growth is not merely intellectual but involves becoming more Christ-like in character and actions. <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a> uses the metaphor of newborn infants craving pure spiritual milk, "so that by it you may grow up in your salvation." This indicates that spiritual growth is a process that begins with a desire for the Word of God and continues as believers apply it to their lives. Factors Influencing Spiritual Growth: Several factors contribute to spiritual growth, including: · The Word of God: Regular engagement with Scripture is essential for growth. <a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16-17</a> highlights the role of Scripture in teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, equipping believers for every good work. · Prayer: Communication with God through prayer is vital for spiritual development. <a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6-7</a> encourages believers to present their requests to God, resulting in the peace of God guarding their hearts and minds. · Community: Fellowship with other believers is crucial for growth. <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Hebrews 10:24-25</a> urges Christians to "consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds" and not to forsake assembling together. · Obedience: Growth is also linked to obedience to God's commands. <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a> warns against merely listening to the Word without acting on it, emphasizing the importance of being doers of the Word. Challenges to Growth: Spiritual growth can be hindered by various factors, such as sin, complacency, and worldly distractions. <a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a> advises believers to "lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles," encouraging them to run the race set before them with perseverance. Conclusion: The Bible presents growth as a dynamic and ongoing process, both physically and spiritually. Believers are called to pursue growth in their relationship with God, becoming more like Christ and bearing fruit in their lives. Through the Word, prayer, community, and obedience, Christians can overcome challenges and continue to mature in their faith.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. i.) To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.2. (v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.3. (v. i.) To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.4. (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.5. (v. i.) To become attached of fixed; to adhere.6. (v. t.) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/837.htm">837. auxano -- to make to grow, to grow</a> ... to make to grow, to grow. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: auxano Phonetic Spelling: (owx-an'-o) Short Definition: I cause to increase, become greater ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/837.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4885.htm">4885. sunauxano -- to cause to grow together, pass. to grow ...</a> ... 4884, 4885. sunauxano. 4886 . to cause to grow together, pass. to grow together. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunauxano ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4885.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1095.htm">1095. gerasko -- to grow old</a> ... to grow old. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gerasko Phonetic Spelling: (ghay-ras'-ko) Short Definition: I become old, grow old Definition: I become old ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1095.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3373.htm">3373. mekuno -- to lengthen, grow</a> ... to lengthen, grow. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mekuno Phonetic Spelling: (may-koo'-no) Short Definition: I lengthen Definition: I lengthen, extend ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3373.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4855.htm">4855. sumphuo -- to grow together (pass.)</a> ... to grow together (pass.). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumphuo Phonetic Spelling: (soom-foo'-o) Short Definition: I grow at the same time Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4855.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2872.htm">2872. kopiao -- to grow weary, toil</a> ... to grow weary, toil. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kopiao Phonetic Spelling: (kop-ee-ah'-o) Short Definition: I grow weary, toil Definition: (a) I grow ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2872.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/1590.htm">1590. ekluo -- to loose, release, to grow weary</a> ... to loose, release, to grow weary. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekluo Phonetic Spelling: (ek-loo'-o) Short Definition: I am unstrung, become weak, fail ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1590.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2655.htm">2655. katanarkao -- to grow numb</a> ... to grow numb. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katanarkao Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an-ar-kah'-o) Short Definition: I burden, encumber Definition: (properly ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2655.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2001.htm">2001. epischuo -- to grow stronger</a> ... to grow stronger. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epischuo Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-khoo'-o) Short Definition: I persist, insist Definition: I persist ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2001.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2869.htm">2869. kopazo -- to grow weary</a> ... to grow weary. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kopazo Phonetic Spelling: (kop-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I cease, drop Definition: I abate, cease raging ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2869.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7685.htm">7685. sagah -- to grow, increase</a> ... 7684, 7685. sagah. 7686 . to grow, increase. Transliteration: sagah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gaw') Short Definition: grow. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/7685.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm">1431. gadal -- to grow up, become great</a> ... 1430b, 1431. gadal. 1432 . to grow up, become great. Transliteration: gadal Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dal') Short Definition: grew. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/1431.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/7679.htm">7679. saga -- to grow, grow great</a> ... 7678, 7679. saga. 7680 . to grow, grow great. Transliteration: saga Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gaw') Short Definition: exalt. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/7679.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7735.htm">7735. sug -- make to grow</a> ... sug. 7736 . make to grow. Transliteration: sug Phonetic Spelling: (soog) Short Definition: grow. ... make to grow A primitive root; to hedge in -- make to grow. ... /hebrew/7735.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/3648.htm">3648. kamar -- to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot</a> ... kamar. 3649 . to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot. Transliteration: kamar Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-mar') Short Definition: stirred. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/3648.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7680.htm">7680. sega -- to grow great</a> ... 7679, 7680. sega. 7681 . to grow great. Transliteration: sega Phonetic Spelling: (seg-aw') Short Definition: abound. ... grow, be multiplied. ... /hebrew/7680.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7236.htm">7236. rebah -- to grow great</a> ... 7235b, 7236. rebah. 7237 . to grow great. Transliteration: rebah Phonetic Spelling: (reb-aw') Short Definition: great. ... make a great man, grow. ... /hebrew/7236.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm">2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen</a> ... chazaq. 2389 . to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen. Transliteration: chazaq Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-zak') Short Definition: strong. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/2388.htm - 8k <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">2821. chashak -- to be or grow dark</a> ... 2820, 2821. chashak. 2822 . to be or grow dark. Transliteration: chashak Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-shak') Short Definition: darkened. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/2821.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6150.htm">6150. arab -- to become evening, grow dark</a> ... 6149, 6150. arab. 6151 . to become evening, grow dark. Transliteration: arab Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rab') Short Definition: close. ... /hebrew/6150.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/drummond/the_greatest_thing_in_the_world_and_other_addresses/how_fruits_grow.htm">How Fruits Grow</a> ... HOW FRUITS GROW. WERE Rest my ... Men may not know how fruits grow, but they do know that they cannot grow in five minutes. Some lives have ... /.../the greatest thing in the world and other addresses/how fruits grow.htm<a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_21_consider_the_lilies.htm">November 21. "Consider the Lilies How they Grow" (Matt. vi. 28).</a> ... NOVEMBER 21. "Consider the lilies how they grow" (Matt. vi. 28). "Consider the lilies how they grow" (Matthew 6:28). It is said ... /.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /november 21 consider the lilies.htm<a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_15_grow_up_into.htm">June 15. "Grow up into Him in all Things" (Eph. Iv. 15).</a> ... JUNE 15. "Grow up into Him in all things" (Eph. iv. 15). "Grow up into Him in all things" (Ephesians 4:15). Harvest is a time of ripeness. ... /.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /june 15 grow up into.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_30_augustin_claims_the_right.htm">Augustin Claims the Right to Grow in Knowledge.</a> ... A Treatise on the gift of perseverance, Chapter 30."Augustin Claims the Right to Grow in Knowledge. Therefore it is in vain that ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 30 augustin claims the right.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_26_no_fruit_good_except.htm">No Fruit Good Except it Grow from the Root of Love.</a> ... A Treatise on the spirit and the letter, Chapter 26."No Fruit Good Except It Grow from the Root of Love. It is evident, then, that ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 26 no fruit good except.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_vii_let_both_grow_together.htm">"Let Both Grow Together Till the Harvest. "</a> ... Homily XI. Chapter VII.""Let Both Grow Together Till the Harvest.". "But it will be said that the worshippers themselves ought ... /.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter vii let both grow together.htm<a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/15_does_any_man_at.htm">Does any Man at all Possessed of Judgment, Believe that Hairs and ...</a> ... Book III. 15 Does any man at all possessed of judgment, believe that hairs and down grow on? Does any man at all possessed of ... /.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/15 does any man at.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_32_xxviii_god_forsakes_us.htm">God Forsakes us to Some Extent that we May not Grow Proud.</a> ... A Treatise on nature and grace, against pelagius; Chapter 32 [XXVIII.]" God Forsakes Us to Some Extent that We May Not Grow Proud. ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 32 xxviii god forsakes us.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxiv_of_the_dry.htm">Of the Dry Stick Which, at the Bidding of his Senior, Abbot John ...</a> ... Prolegomena. Chapter XXIV. Of the dry stick which, at the bidding of his senior, Abbot John kept on watering as if it would grow. ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiv of the dry.htm<a href="/library/clark/the_theology_of_holiness/chapter_viii_entire_sanctification_as.htm">Entire Sanctification as Taught by Peter.</a> ... And then in the rapturous eloquence of inspiration he tells us how to grow in grace. "Wherefore, laying aside all malice and all ... /.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter viii entire sanctification as.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/grow.htm">Grow (139 Occurrences)</a> ... 4. (vi) To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale. 5. (vi) To become attached of fixed; to adhere. ... /g/grow.htm - 34k<a href="/topical/f/flag.htm">Flag (30 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (vi) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. ... (BBE). Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? ... /f/flag.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/d/dawn.htm">Dawn (70 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. ... /d/dawn.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/m/marsh.htm">Marsh (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Bitstsah is found also in Job 8:11, "Can the rush grow up without mire (bitstsah)? ... Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? ... /m/marsh.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/f/flourish.htm">Flourish (26 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vi) To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. ... Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? ... /f/flourish.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/w/wax.htm">Wax (32 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. 2. (vi) To ... /w/wax.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/s/swell.htm">Swell (9 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vi) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the enclosed substance; as, the legs ... /s/swell.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/t/thrive.htm">Thrive (11 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (vi) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a ... /t/thrive.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/r/raise.htm">Raise (175 Occurrences)</a> ... 9. (vt) To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like. 10. ... /r/raise.htm - 40k<a href="/topical/f/fade.htm">Fade (16 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (a.) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. 2. (v.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. ... /f/fade.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/grow-in-grace.html">What does it mean to grow in grace? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/love-of-many-will-grow-cold.html">What does it mean that the love of many will grow cold (Matthew 24:12)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-grow-faith.html">What does it mean for a Christian to grow in faith? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/grow.htm">Grow: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Grow (139 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Matthew 6:28</a> Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Matthew 7:19</a> Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. (WEB)<a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a> Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a> And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. (KJV WEY WBS)<a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a> Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/4-27.htm">Mark 4:27</a> and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/1-80.htm">Luke 1:80</a> The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel. (Root in WEB NAS)<a href="/luke/2-40.htm">Luke 2:40</a> The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. (Root in WEB NAS)<a href="/luke/8-7.htm">Luke 8:7</a> Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it. (WEY BBE)<a href="/luke/12-27.htm">Luke 12:27</a> Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a> Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. (WEB DBY RSV)<a href="/john/3-30.htm">John 3:30</a> He must grow greater, but I must grow less. (WEY)<a href="/john/21-18.htm">John 21:18</a> "In most solemn truth I tell you that whereas, when you were young, you used to put on your girdle and walk whichever way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go." (Root in WEY NAS)<a href="/acts/5-24.htm">Acts 5:24</a> Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/acts/12-24.htm">Acts 12:24</a> And the word of God did grow and did multiply, (YLT NAS)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6</a> I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; (Root in YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">1 Corinthians 3:7</a> so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God; (Root in YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a> For you know the condescending goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, in order that you through His poverty might grow rich. (WEY)<a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">2 Corinthians 10:15</a> not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence, (Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS NIV)<a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9</a> Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm">Ephesians 4:15</a> but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10</a> so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God. (WEY DBY NIV)<a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Colossians 2:19</a> and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth. (Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_thessalonians/3-13.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:13</a> But you, brethren, must not grow weary in the path of duty; (WEY NAS)<a href="/1_timothy/5-11.htm">1 Timothy 5:11</a> But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; (Root in WEB DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a> But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. (WEB)<a href="/hebrews/1-11.htm">Hebrews 1:11</a> They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. (WEB WEY DBY RSV)<a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Hebrews 12:3</a> For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a> as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">2 Peter 3:18</a> But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Genesis 2:9</a> Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18</a> Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/26-13.htm">Genesis 26:13</a> The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/27-40.htm">Genesis 27:40</a> By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck." (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Genesis 48:16</a> the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a> and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (WEB)<a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Exodus 32:22</a> Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. (WEB)<a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Leviticus 25:25</a> If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold. (DBY)<a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Leviticus 25:35</a> And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee. (DBY)<a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39</a> "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave. (Root in WEB DBY)<a href="/numbers/6-5.htm">Numbers 6:5</a> "'All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18</a> Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Deuteronomy 7:22</a> Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4</a> Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. (WEB)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-13.htm">Deuteronomy 8:13</a> and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/5-2.htm">Judges 5:2</a> For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah. (See JPS)<a href="/judges/11-2.htm">Judges 11:2</a> and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, 'Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman 'art' thou.' (YLT NIV)<a href="/judges/16-22.htm">Judges 16:22</a> However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13</a> would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore stay from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against me." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/2-26.htm">1 Samuel 2:26</a> And the child Samuel continued to grow, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men. (WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm">1 Samuel 3:2</a> It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), (WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/10-5.htm">2 Samuel 10:5</a> When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, "Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">2 Samuel 23:5</a> Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he doesn't make it grow. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">2 Kings 19:29</a> "'This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/19-5.htm">1 Chronicles 19:5</a> Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezra/4-22.htm">Ezra 4:22</a> Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a> Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell. (WEB)<a href="/job/8-11.htm">Job 8:11</a> "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/8-19.htm">Job 8:19</a> Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. (KJV DBY WBS NIV)<a href="/job/14-8.htm">Job 14:8</a> Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground, (Root in WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/14-19.htm">Job 14:19</a> The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. (KJV WBS)<a href="/job/17-9.htm">Job 17:9</a> Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7</a> "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? (WEB DBY RSV NIV)<a href="/job/31-16.htm">Job 31:16</a> "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, (See NIV)<a href="/job/31-40.htm">Job 31:40</a> let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/job/33-19.htm">Job 33:19</a> He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; (See JPS)<a href="/job/39-4.htm">Job 39:4</a> Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalms 31:9</a> Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalms 31:10</a> For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/34-10.htm">Psalms 34:10</a> The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalms 38:5</a> My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalms 69:3</a> I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/69-23.htm">Psalms 69:23</a> Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalms 92:12</a> The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Psalms 102:26</a> They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. (DBY WBS)<a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalms 104:14</a> He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Psalms 129:6</a> Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; (Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Psalms 132:17</a> There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalms 147:8</a> who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Proverbs 13:11</a> Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. (WEB NIV)<a href="/proverbs/20-13.htm">Proverbs 20:13</a> Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough. (See NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/5-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:7</a> Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you. (See RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:5</a> As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY)<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:2</a> While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain; (See NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:3</a> In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:4</a> When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low; (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a> I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it." (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a> And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (KJV JPS WBS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/17-4.htm">Isaiah 17:4</a> And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a> In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/29-22.htm">Isaiah 29:22</a> Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Isaiah 34:13</a> And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7</a> And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a> Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30</a> Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a> But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Isaiah 44:14</a> He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth. (Root in BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/50-9.htm">Isaiah 50:9</a> Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. 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