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 to you, Be not anxious 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 answereth and saith to them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and sack, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? 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 to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Song of Songs 2:2
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.