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
Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; 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 the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff. For the laborer is worthy of his living.
Luke 3:11
He answered and said to them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, or bag, or sandals, were ye in need of anything? And they said, Of nothing. Then he said to them,
The lilies
Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies, that they neither spin nor weave; and yet I say to you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.