28 Bible Verses about Flowers

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Luke 12:27-28

Consider the white lilies, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin; and I say to you, neither was Solomon in all his glory clothed as one of these. And if the grass, to day being in the field and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes; how much rather you, ye of little faith?

Song of Solomon 2:1-2

I am the flower of the plain, the lily of the valleys As the lily between thorns, so is my friend between the daughters.

Job 14:2

And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand.

Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Exodus 25:31-36

And make a candlestick pure gold: turned work shalt thou make the candlestick: its thigh, its shaft, its cups, its chaplets, and flowers, shall be from it And six stems coming out from its sides; three branches of the chandelier from the one side, and three stems of the chandelier from the second side. Three bowls made like almonds, in one stem a chaplet and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in the one stem, a chaplet and a flower: thus to the six stems going forth from the chandelier.read more.
And in the chandelier, four bowls made like almonds, its chaplets and its flowers. And a chaplet under two stems from it, and a chaplet under two stems from it, and a chaplet under two stems from it, to the six stems coming out of the chandelier. Their chaplets and their stems shall be from it: all of it one turned work of pure gold.

Exodus 37:17-22

He will make the chandelier pure gold; turned work he made the chandelier; its thigh and its stein, its bowls, its chaplets and its flowers were from it And six stems coming forth out of its sides; three stems of the chandelier from the one side, and three stems of the chandelier from the second side. Three bowls made like almonds, in the one stem, a chaplet and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds, in one stem, a chaplet and a flower: thus for the six stems coming forth out of the chandelier.read more.
And in the chadelier four bowls made like almonds, its chaplets and its flowers. And a chaplet under two stems out of it, and a chaplet under two stems out of it, and a chaplet under two stems out of it, for the six stems coming forth out of it Their chaplets and their stems were out of it: all of it a turned work of pure gold.

1 Kings 6:18

And cedar to the house within carved work with ornaments and opening flower-buds; all cedar: no stone was seen.

1 Kings 6:29

And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engravings of cherubims and palm trees and opening flower-buds from within and to without

2 Chronicles 4:4-5

Standing upon twelve oxen, three looking to the north, and three looking to the sea, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the sunrising: and the sea upon them from above, and all their back parts within. And its thickness a hand breadth, and its lip according to the work of the lip of a cup, a lily flower holding; it will contain three thousand baths.

Isaiah 28:1-6

O to the crown of pride, wo to the hirelings of Ephraim! a flower falling away is the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness of those smitten with wine. Behold, a strong and active one to Jehovah, as a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, as a storm of vast waters overflowing, let fall to the earth with the hand. With the feet shall the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, be trodden down.read more.
And the flower falling away was the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness, as the first-fruits before fruit harvest which he looking at it shall see, in its continuing in his hand he will swallow it up. In that day shall Jehovah of armies be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people. And for a spirit of judgment to him sitting upon the judgment, and for strength of them turning back the battle of the storm.

Isaiah 5:18-25

Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon: Saying, He shall hasten, he shall urge on his work, so that we shall see: and the counsel of the holy one of Israel shall draw near and come and we shall know. Wo to those saying, to evil, good, and to the good, evil; putting darkness for light, and light for darkness; putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bittenread more.
Wo to the wise in their eyes, and knowing before their face. Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just from him. For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised. For this the anger of Jehovah was kindled against his people, and he will stretch forth his hand against them and strike them: and the mountains will be moved and their carcasses shall be as dung in the midst of the streets. In all this his anger was not turned back, and his hand was yet stretched out.

1 Peter 1:24-25

For all flesh as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass dried up, and the flower fell out: And the word of the Lord remains forever. And this is the word having announced good news to you.

Isaiah 40:6-8

The voice said, Call And he said, What shall I call? All flesh grass, and all its goodness as the flower of the field: The grass was dried up, the flower fell away: for the spirit of Jehovah blew upon it: surely the people grass. The grass was dried up, the flower fell away: and the word of our God shall stand forever.

Job 14:1-2

Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand.

Psalm 103:13-18

As a father compassionating over his sons, Jehovah compassionated those fearing him. For he knew our formation; he remembered that we are dust. Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish.read more.
For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more. And the mercy of Jehovah is from forever even to forever upon those fearing him, and his justice to sons' sons. To those watching his covenant, and to those remembering his charges to do them.

James 1:9-11

And let the humble brother boast in his elevation: And the rich, in his humiliation: for as the flower of the grass he shall pass by. For the sun sprang up with heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the decorum of its face was destroyed: so also shall the rich be dried up in his goings.

Isaiah 18:5-6

For before the harvest, when the flower was completed, and the sour grape shall be ripening in the flower, and he cut off the shoots with pruning-hooks, and cutting off he took away the tendrils. They shall be left together to the ravenous bird of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the ravenous bird summered upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Matthew 6:28-30

And about dress, why are ye anxious? Consider the white lilies of the field, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin: And I say to you that neither Solomon in all his glory was surrounded as one of these. And if the grass of the field, being this day, and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes much rather you, ye of little faith!

Hosea 14:4-7

I will heal their turning away, I loved them largely: for mine anger turned away from him. I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon. His sprouts shall go, and his strength shall be as the olive tree, and the odor to him as Lebanon.read more.
They sitting in his shadow shall turn back; they shall live upon the grain, and they shall blossom as the vine: his remembrance as the wine of Lebanon.

Isaiah 35:1-2

The desert and the dryness shall be glad for them; and the sterile region shall rejoice and blossom as the meadow flower. Blossoming, it shall blossom and rejoice, also with joy and shouting: the glory of Lebanon was given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the majesty of our God.

Psalm 103:15-16

Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish. For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass was dried up, the flower fell away: for the spirit of Jehovah blew upon it: surely the people grass.

Isaiah 28:1

O to the crown of pride, wo to the hirelings of Ephraim! a flower falling away is the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness of those smitten with wine.

James 1:10-11

And the rich, in his humiliation: for as the flower of the grass he shall pass by. For the sun sprang up with heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the decorum of its face was destroyed: so also shall the rich be dried up in his goings.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth shall bring forth the tender grass, the green herb bearing seed according to its kind, and the tree making fruit in which the seed is in it, according to its kind: and God will see that it is good.

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Flowers » Representations of, on the » Wood work of the temple

1 Kings 6:18

And cedar to the house within carved work with ornaments and opening flower-buds; all cedar: no stone was seen.

1 Kings 6:29

And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engravings of cherubims and palm trees and opening flower-buds from within and to without

1 Kings 6:35

And he carved cherubims,and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds; and he overlaid with gold made even upon the carving.

1 Kings 6:33

And thus be made for the door of the temple, door-posts of woods of oil from the fourth.

Flowers » Representations of, on the » Golden candlestick

Exodus 25:31

And make a candlestick pure gold: turned work shalt thou make the candlestick: its thigh, its shaft, its cups, its chaplets, and flowers, shall be from it

Exodus 25:33

Three bowls made like almonds, in one stem a chaplet and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in the one stem, a chaplet and a flower: thus to the six stems going forth from the chandelier.

2 Chronicles 4:21

And the flower, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, it was the completions of gold.

Flowers » Representations of, on the » Sea of brass

1 Kings 7:26

And its thickness a hand breadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup the flower of the lily: it will hold two thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:5

And its thickness a hand breadth, and its lip according to the work of the lip of a cup, a lily flower holding; it will contain three thousand baths.

Flowers » Described as » Evanescent

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more.

Flowers » Mentioned in scripture » The lily

Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon.

Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life

Job 14:2

And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand.

Flowers » Cultivated in gardens

Song of Solomon 6:2-3

My beloved went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I to my beloved, and my beloved to me: he feeding among the lilies.

Flowers » Illustrative of » The graces of Christ

Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Flowers » Described as » Appear in spring

Song of Solomon 2:12

The flowers were seen in the earth; the time of pruning came, and the voice of the turtle-dove was heard in our land.

Flowers » Described as » Sweet

Song of Solomon 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

Flowers » Mentioned in scripture » The lily of the valley

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am the flower of the plain, the lily of the valleys

Flowers » Mentioned in scripture » The rose of sharon

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am the flower of the plain, the lily of the valleys

Flowers » Illustrative of » Rich men

James 1:10-11

And the rich, in his humiliation: for as the flower of the grass he shall pass by. For the sun sprang up with heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the decorum of its face was destroyed: so also shall the rich be dried up in his goings.

Flowers » Mentioned in scripture » Of the grass

Flowers » Illustrative of » Glory of man

Flowers » Described as » Beautiful

Flowers » Wild in fields

Flowers » Mentioned in scripture » The rose

Isaiah 35:1

The desert and the dryness shall be glad for them; and the sterile region shall rejoice and blossom as the meadow flower.

Flowers » Illustrative of » Kingdom of israel

Isaiah 28:1

O to the crown of pride, wo to the hirelings of Ephraim! a flower falling away is the glory of his beauty which is upon the head of the valley of fatness of those smitten with wine.

Flowers » Garlands of, used in worship of idols

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Lebanon » Celebrated for » Flowers

Nahum 1:4

Rebuking upon the sea, and he will dry it up, and all the rivers he laid waste, and Bashan languished, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languished.

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Exodus 25:31-36

And make a candlestick pure gold: turned work shalt thou make the candlestick: its thigh, its shaft, its cups, its chaplets, and flowers, shall be from it

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