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
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 10:10
nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes nor a staff, for the workman is worthy of his food.
Luke 3:11
He answered and said unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse and provision bag and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.
The lilies
Luke 12:27
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.
General references
Song of Songs 2:2
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the virgins.