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 reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?
Matthew 10:10
"not even a bag for the journey, or a change of clothes, or sandals, or even a stick; for the worker is worth his rations.
Luke 3:11
"If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same."
Luke 22:35
Moreover, he said to them, "When I sent you out without purse or wallet or sandals, did you lack anything?" They answered him, "We lacked nothing.'
The lilies
Luke 12:27
"Consider the lilies how they grow! They toil not, neither do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.