1 Corinthians 3:5 identifies Paul and Apollos as servants; then 3:7 states only God gives growth—direct contextual support.

In 1 Cor 15:38, God gives the body to the seed — the same divine agency that gives growth in 3:7, linking agricultural and resurrection metaphors.

1 Corinthians 12:6 attributes all activities to the same God who empowers—consistent with Paul's emphasis on God as the sole source of growth.

In Galatians 6:3, thinking oneself something when nothing is self-deception — matching Paul's warning that human workers are nothing apart from God.

Psalm 115:1 cries 'Not to us, O LORD, but to your name give glory' — directly parallel to Paul's 'only God gives growth'.

Isaiah 40:17 says nations are as nothing before God — same as Paul's 'neither is anything' compared to God.

Daniel 4:35 declares all inhabitants are nothing before God — echoing Paul's point that only God gives growth, humans are nothing.

In John 15:5, Jesus says apart from Him we can do nothing — echoing Paul's point that only God gives growth and human effort is nothing.

In Psalm 127:1, unless the Lord builds, builders labor in vain — the exact principle that human work is nothing without God's blessing.

Acts 16:14 illustrates God opening Lydia's heart—a specific case of divine action behind conversion, matching Paul's principle.

Acts 11:21 shows God's hand causing many to believe—a direct example of God giving the growth that Paul describes.

In Numbers 20:10, Moses takes credit for bringing water — a negative example of the very error Paul warns against: thinking the servant gives growth.

In 2 Corinthians 12:9, Paul learns God's power is perfected in weakness — the same reliance on divine sufficiency over human ability.

Luke 8:11 identifies the seed as God's word, aligning with Paul's planting/watering of the word, both dependent on God for growth.

In John 21:3, the disciples' futile night of fishing illustrates human effort without success—parallel to Paul's 'nothing' without God's growth.

John 15:16 emphasizes divine appointment to bear fruit, echoing Paul's point that God, not human effort, produces lasting results.

In Hosea 10:12, the same agricultural metaphor calls for sowing righteousness, but Paul emphasizes only God grants growth—human effort is insufficient.

In Psalm 107:37, planting leads to fruit because of God's blessing — consistent with Paul's point that God gives the increase after human labor.

In Psalm 104:14, God causes grass to grow — the same recognition that all growth comes from God, whether agricultural or spiritual.

In Psalm 90:17, the psalmist prays for God to establish the work of their hands — acknowledging that human effort needs God's blessing to be lasting.

In Psalm 65:10, God blesses the earth's growth — the same agricultural picture of God as the source of all increase.