2Sa 3:1, Job 17:9, Pro 4:18, Isa 9:7, Dan 2:44-45, Luk 2:52 | ESV | STEP | There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David . And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

o[See ver. 44 above]

2 Samuel 3:1

Abner Joins David

1 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

Job 17:9

9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has ^aclean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Proverbs 4:18

18 But ^bthe path of the righteous is like ^cthe light of dawn,
which shines ^dbrighter and brighter until ^efull day.

Isaiah 9:7

7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
^fthere will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
^gwith justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
^hThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Daniel 2:44-45

44 And in the days of those kings ⁱthe God of heaven will set up ^ja kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ^kIt shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^lit shall stand forever, 45 just as ^myou saw that ⁿa stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that ^oit broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ^pgreat God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

Luke 2:52

52 And Jesus ^qincreased in wisdom and in stature ^{▼▼Or years} and in ^sfavor with God and man.