We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.  TO THIS END I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
 Colossians 1:28-29

By this time you ought to be teachers.
 Hebrews 5:12

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
 1 Corinthians 3:2

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;  and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.  For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8

Christ is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
 Colossians 1:17

In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:10

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.
Psalm 139:15-16

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
 John 15:4

David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,  and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.  When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
1 Samuel 30:1-4

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters.
 1 Samuel 30:6a

But David found strength in the Lord his God.
 1 Samuel 30:6b

David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”
 1 Samuel 30:8

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
Proverbs 21:30

Apart from me you can do nothing.
 John 15:5

David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some stayed behind,  for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the ravine. But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.
1 Samuel 30:9-10

 David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with WHAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against us.  Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.”
 1 Samuel 30:23-24

 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by the praise he receives.
 Proverbs 27:21