Flowers

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

And why take ye thought for 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 is heard in our land;

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that 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 the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

And why take ye thought for 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 next day much people that were 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 of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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

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

O Lord, 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 grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; 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 cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

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

Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

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

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

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

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

The voice said, Cry. And he 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 camphire 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 cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Purge 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, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

But 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 shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: — 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 the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord 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.

Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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

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

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: — 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 the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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

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

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

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 door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

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

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

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

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

And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:

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 put the child therein; and she 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 made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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

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

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, — read the full passage →

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

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

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

My beloved is gone down into 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.

The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; 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 take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

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

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. — read the full passage →

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower 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 thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. — read the full passage →

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

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

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

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; — read the full passage →

For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and 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 pleasant fruits.

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

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? — read the full passage →

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord 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 the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

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