6 Bible Verses about Lilies

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Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks are like beds of spices, like towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.

Hosea 14:4-5

"I will correct their apostasy, loving them freely, since my anger will have turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 2:1

I'm a flower from Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

1 Kings 7:19-22

The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs, with the capitals on the two pillars covered by 200 pomegranates in rows around both the capitals above and adjoining the rounded latticework. That's how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz. read more.
The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars.

2 Chronicles 4:4-5

The sea stood on top of twelve oxen, three of which faced to the north, three of which faced to the west, three of which faced to the south, and three of which faced toward the east. The sea was placed on top of the oxen, with all of their hindquarters turned inwards. It was a handbreadth thick, with its brim fashioned like the brim of a cup. Similar in shape to a lily blossom, it could hold 3,000 baths.

Luke 12:27-28

Consider how the lilies grow. They don't work or spin yarn, but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. Now if that's the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you you who have little faith?

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Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

Song of Songs 2:2

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

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Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

Song of Songs 2:2

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

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