6 Bible Verses about Flax

The canals will emit a stench,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
The reeds and rushes will rot away.

She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.

“For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.

“A battered reed He will not break off,
And a smoldering wick He will not put out,
Until He leads justice to victory.

“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.

In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.