Bible Verse on Continuing to Grow
25 Bible Verses About Growing Up (ESV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Growing Up (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Growing Up
1 Corinthians 13:11
11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
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2 Timothy 3:14-15
14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Luke 2:52
52And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
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1 Samuel 2:26
26Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.
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Ephesians 4:11-16
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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Proverbs 22:6
6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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2 Peter 3:18
18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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Ephesians 4:15-16
15Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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Ephesians 6:4
4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Ephesians 2:1-3
2:1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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Luke 2:40
40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
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Isaiah 41:10
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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1 Corinthians 3:1-4
3:1But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
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Joshua 1:9
9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
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Matthew 7:12
12 "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
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Proverbs 13:22
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
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John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Proverbs 22:15
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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Jeremiah 1:5
5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
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1 Peter 2:2-3
2Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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Proverbs 23:22
22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Ephesians 6:2
2"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
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Luke 1:37
37For nothing will be impossible with God."
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Hebrews 5:12-14
12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Acts 2:38
38And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Source: https://reformedwiki.com/verses/growing-up