The word in Scripture

Grow in the Bible

The word grow appears 38 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To grow is to increase in grace and the knowledge of God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What grow means in the Bible

To grow is to increase in grace and the knowledge of God.

Where the word grow appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word grow appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”Psalms 92:12

“Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”Psalms 147:8

“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:”Isaiah 11:1

“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:”Matthew 6:28

“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”Matthew 13:30

“And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.”Mark 4:27

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”Ephesians 4:15

“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.”2 Peter 3:18