Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The lilies
General references
Bible References
The lilies
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
Matthew 6:28
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
James 1:10
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
That
1 Kings 10:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
General references
Psalm 104:27
These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.