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
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Matthew 10:10
Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Luke 3:11
He answered: He who has two coats let him give to him who has none. He who has food let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35
Speaking to them he asked: When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything? They said: Nothing.
The lilies
Luke 12:27
Consider the way the lilies grow. They do not toil and neither do they spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
General references
Song of Songs 2:2
(The Beloved) My love among the daughters is like a lily among thorns.