Bible Verses About Growth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for growth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,887 votes, led by 2 Peter 3:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Growth
2 Peter 3:18233 votes
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.
1 Timothy 4:15183 votes
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Hebrews 5:12-14120 votes
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.
Hebrews 6:1116 votes
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,
Romans 5:2-6106 votes
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Philippians 1:9102 votes
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Job 8:780 votes
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
2 Corinthians 13:5-774 votes
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?
Ephesians 4:13-1664 votes
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:
1 Peter 2:263 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Colossians 2:6-760 votes
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Galatians 6:952 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
James 1:2-452 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1 Corinthians 13:1150 votes
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.
Matthew 6:3349 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Colossians 1:9-1049 votes
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;
John 12:24-2548 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Colossians 1:1046 votes
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Philippians 3:12-1444 votes
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.
1 Samuel 2:2642 votes
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.
John 3:16-1739 votes
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.
Philippians 1:638 votes
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:
1 Peter 2:2-337 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Proverbs 1:536 votes
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Luke 8:14-1536 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about growth?
Readers most often cite 2 Peter 3:18 on the subject of growth. Across 3,887 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 4:15, Hebrews 5:12-14, Hebrews 6:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.