Quotes About Growth

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.