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
Bible References
Why
Matthew 6:25
For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 10:10
nor a scrip for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor stick: for the workman is worthy of his food.
Luke 3:11
And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner.
Luke 22:35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, or scrip, or sandals, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
The lilies
Luke 12:27
Observe the lillies how they grow up, they toil not, nor spin; but I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.