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
General references
Bible References
Why
Matthew 6:25
"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or what you will drink or about your body what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 10:10
or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, or sandals, or a walking stick, because a worker deserves his food.
Luke 3:11
He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."
Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing at all."
The lilies
Luke 12:27
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.
General references
Song of Songs 2:2
Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.