Quotes About Growth

So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,

because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”

Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.

And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.