Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
The lilies
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Bible References
Why
Matthew 6:25
Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?
Matthew 10:10
no bag for the road, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staffs, for the workman is worthy of his provision.
Luke 3:11
And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
The lilies
Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
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Song of Songs 2:2
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.