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 unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 10:10
nor two coats, nor shoes, nor weapons; for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Luke 3:11
And he saith unto them, Let him that hath two coats, give one to him that hath none, and let him that hath food do the like.
Luke 22:35
And He said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, or bag, or shoes, did ye want any thing? and they said, Nothing.
The lilies
Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I tell you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.