Flowers

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. — read the full passage →

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters. — read the full passage →

three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!

My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. — read the full passage →

And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.

And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it:

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, Asbanks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. — read the full passage →

and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: — read the full passage →

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.

I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:

Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: — read the full passage →

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Andthe pomegranates were in flower.

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine! — read the full passage →

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, — read the full passage →

And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, — read the full passage →

On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. — read the full passage →

Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll. — read the full passage →

Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.

As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. — read the full passage →

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. — read the full passage →

Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow: — read the full passage →

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. — read the full passage →

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. — read the full passage →

For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; — read the full passage →

For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. — read the full passage →

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! — read the full passage →

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? — read the full passage →

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. — read the full passage →

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. — read the full passage →