Hos 14:5-7, Mal 4:2, Eph 2:21, 1Pe 2:2, 2Pe 3:18 | ESV | STEP | I will be like the dew to Israel ; he shall blossom like the lily ; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon ;

Hosea 14:5-7

5 ^aI will be like the dew to Israel;
^bhe shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees ^cof Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be ^dlike the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and ^edwell beneath my ^{▼▼Hebrew his} shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

Malachi 4:2

2 But for you ^gwho fear my name, ^hthe sun ⁱof righteousness shall rise ^jwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^kleaping like calves from the stall.

Ephesians 2:21

21 ^lin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^ma holy temple in the Lord.

1 Peter 2:2

2 ⁿLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^omilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

2 Peter 3:18

18 But ^pgrow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^qTo him be the glory both now and to the day of ^reternity. Amen.