27 Bible Verses about Gardens

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Jeremiah 29:5

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;

Isaiah 51:3

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Genesis 3:3

But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

Genesis 2:16

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

Genesis 3:10

And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.

Genesis 3:24

So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.

Isaiah 65:21

And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them.

Genesis 2:10

And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

Jeremiah 29:28

For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.

Amos 9:14

And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.

Joshua 24:13

And I gave you a land on which you had done no work, and towns not of your building, and you are now living in them; and your food comes from vine-gardens and olive-gardens not of your planting.

John 19:41

Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Numbers 24:6

They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

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2 Kings 21:18

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

Song of Songs 6:2

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

Song of Songs 6:11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Spices, &c

Song of Songs 4:16

Be awake, O north wind; and come, O south, blowing on my garden, so that its spices may come out. Let my loved one come into his garden, and take of his good fruits.

Song of Songs 6:2

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Herbs

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:

1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money.

Gardens » Jews ordered to plant, in babylon

Jeremiah 29:5

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;

Jeremiah 29:28

For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.

Gardens » Often used for » Burial places

2 Kings 21:18

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

Gardens » Illustrative » (well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church

Jeremiah 31:12

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.

Gardens » Of eden » The future state of the jews shall be like

Isaiah 51:3

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Ezekiel 36:35

And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.

Gardens » Of eden » Man placed in, to dress and keep

Gardens » Often used for » Idolatrous worship

Isaiah 65:3

A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.

Isaiah 1:29

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

Gardens » Of eden » Fertility of canaan like

Genesis 13:10

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

Joel 2:3

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church

Song of Songs 4:12

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

Gardens » Often refreshed by fountains

Song of Songs 4:15

You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

Gardens » Often enclosed

Song of Songs 4:12

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

Gardens » Often used for » Entertainments

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Fruit trees

Ecclesiastes 2:5-6

I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts. I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.

Gardens » Of eden » Man driven from, after the fall

Genesis 3:23-24

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken. So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Gardens » Of eden » Watered by a river

Genesis 2:10-14

And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams. The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. read more.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Gardens » Of eden » Called the garden of the lord

Genesis 13:10

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

Gardens » Of eden » Called the garden of God

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

Gardens » Often made by the banks of rivers

Numbers 24:6

They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

Gardens » Illustrative » (when dried up,) of the wicked

Isaiah 1:30

For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

Gardens » Of eden » Had every tree good for food

Genesis 2:9

And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gardens » Of eden » Planted by the lord

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Cucumbers

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.

Gardens » Taken care of by gardeners

John 20:15

Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

Gardens » Lodges erected in

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.

Gardens » Often used for » Retirement

John 18:1

When Jesus had said these words he went out with his disciples over the stream Kedron to a garden, into which he went with his disciples.

Gardens » Blasting of, a punishment

Amos 4:9

I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

Hedges » Placed around » Gardens

Song of Songs 4:12

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

Lamentations 2:6

And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

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2 Kings 21:18-26

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

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