28 Bible Verses about Gardens

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Jeremiah 29:5

Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;

Isaiah 51:3

For the LORD shall surely comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of singing.

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God had planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 3:3

but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it; neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth brings forth her shoot and as the garden causes her seed to spring forth so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the Gentiles.

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat;

Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits;

Isaiah 65:21

And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.

Genesis 2:10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided into four heads.

Jeremiah 29:28

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build houses and dwell in them and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Amos 9:14

And I will turn the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them.

Joshua 24:13

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour and cities which ye did not build, and ye dwell in them and eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.

John 19:41

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which no one had yet been laid.

Psalm 92:13

Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Song of Solomon 4:15

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, that flow from Lebanon.

Ezekiel 28:13

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, topaz, diamond, turquoise, onyx, and beryl, the sapphire, ruby, and emerald, and gold; the works of thy tambourines and of thy pipes were prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, from which ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed and water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of the hosts is the house of Israel and every man of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Numbers 24:6

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedars beside the waters.

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2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah, his son, reigned in his stead.

Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church

Song of Songs 5:1

I came into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh and my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk: eat, O friends; drink, beloved, drink abundantly.

Song of Songs 6:2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather the lilies.

Song of Songs 6:11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vines flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Spices, &c

Song of Songs 4:16

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden that the aroma of its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his sweet fruits.

Song of Songs 6:2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather the lilies.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Herbs

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, from which ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed and water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs.

1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab spoke unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it is next to my house, and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or if it seems good unto thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

Gardens » Jews ordered to plant, in babylon

Jeremiah 29:5

Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them;

Jeremiah 29:28

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build houses and dwell in them and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Gardens » Often used for » Burial places

2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah, his son, reigned in his stead.

Gardens » Illustrative » (well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church

Jeremiah 31:12

Therefore they shall come and do praises in the height of Zion and shall run unto the goodness of the LORD, unto the bread, and unto the wine, and unto the oil, and unto the gain of the flock and of the herd and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Gardens » Of eden » The future state of the jews shall be like

Isaiah 51:3

For the LORD shall surely comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of singing.

Ezekiel 36:35

who said, This desolate land used to be like the garden of Eden; and these waste and desolate and ruined cities used to be fortified.

Gardens » Of eden » Man placed in, to dress and keep

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God had planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Gardens » Often used for » Idolatrous worship

Isaiah 65:3

a people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense upon altars of brick;

Isaiah 1:29

For ye shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the groves that ye have chosen.

Gardens » Of eden » Fertility of canaan like

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as a garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar.

Joel 2:3

A fire devours before him and behind him a flame burns: the earth is as the garden of Eden before him, and behind him a desolate wilderness; neither shall anyone escape him.

Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church

Song of Songs 4:12

A closed garden is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Gardens » Often refreshed by fountains

Song of Songs 4:15

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, that flow from Lebanon.

Gardens » Often enclosed

Song of Songs 4:12

A closed garden is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Gardens » Often used for » Entertainments

Song of Songs 5:1

I came into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh and my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk: eat, O friends; drink, beloved, drink abundantly.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Fruit trees

Ecclesiastes 2:5-6

I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits; I made myself pools of water, to water with them the forest that brings forth trees;

Gardens » Of eden » Man driven from, after the fall

Genesis 3:23-24

therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

Gardens » Of eden » Watered by a river

Genesis 2:10-14

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided into four heads. The name of the first is Pison; that is it which compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. read more.
And the name of the second river is Gihon; this is the same that compasses the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel; this is that which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Gardens » Of eden » Called the garden of the lord

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as a garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar.

Gardens » Of eden » Called the garden of God

Ezekiel 28:13

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, topaz, diamond, turquoise, onyx, and beryl, the sapphire, ruby, and emerald, and gold; the works of thy tambourines and of thy pipes were prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Gardens » Often made by the banks of rivers

Numbers 24:6

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedars beside the waters.

Gardens » Illustrative » (when dried up,) of the wicked

Isaiah 1:30

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf falls and as a garden that has no water.

Gardens » Of eden » Had every tree good for food

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is desirable to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Gardens » Of eden » Planted by the lord

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God had planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Cucumbers

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Gardens » Taken care of by gardeners

John 20:15

Jesus said unto her, Woman, why dost thou weep? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said unto him, Lord, if thou didst carry him off, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

Gardens » Lodges erected in

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Gardens » Often used for » Retirement

John 18:1

When Jesus had spoken these things, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he entered, and his disciples.

Gardens » Blasting of, a punishment

Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with the east wind and with the caterpillar; your many gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees were devoured by the locust; yet ye have never returned unto me, said the LORD.

Hedges » Placed around » Gardens

Song of Songs 4:12

A closed garden is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Lamentations 2:6

Vau And he has violently taken away his tabernacle as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his congregation; the LORD has caused the solemnities and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and has rejected in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

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2 Kings 21:18-26

And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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