27 Bible Verses about Herbs

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Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so.

Psalm 104:14

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Matthew 13:32

Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.

Genesis 3:18

Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

Genesis 1:30

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, for food--every green herb. And it was so.

Exodus 12:8

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread, with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus LORD has said to me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Hebrews 6:7

For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.

Lamentations 3:15

He has filled me with bitterness. He has sated me with wormwood.

2 Kings 4:39

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild gourds from it, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they did not know them.

Genesis 2:5

And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,

Ezekiel 47:12

And by the river upon the bank of it, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, nor shall the fruit of it fail. It shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters of it

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

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Hebrews 6:7

For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.

Food » Articles of » Herbs

Hebrews 6:7

For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.

Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Herbs

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,

1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it is near to my house. And I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it, or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee th

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Mandrakes

Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give forth fragrance. And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Genesis 30:14

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Herbs » Cultivated in gardens

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,

1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it is near to my house. And I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it, or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee th

Herbs » Require rain and dew

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Job 38:26-27

to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man, to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Heath

Jeremiah 17:6

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

Jeremiah 48:6

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Cummin

Isaiah 28:27

For the chick-peas are not threshed with a sharp instrument, nor is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin, but the chick-peas are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Barley

Exodus 9:31

And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

2 Samuel 14:30

Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Wheat

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing. And ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of LORD.

Exodus 9:32

But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up.

Herbs » Cultivated for food

Hebrews 6:7

For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Fitches

Isaiah 28:27

For the chick-peas are not threshed with a sharp instrument, nor is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin, but the chick-peas are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Isaiah 28:25

When he has leveled the face of it, does he not cast abroad the chick-peas, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it?

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Hyssop

1 Kings 4:33

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

Exodus 12:22

And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin, and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the mo

Herbs » Destroyed by » Locusts, &c

Exodus 10:12

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.

Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole ground, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. And there remained not any green thing, either tree nor herb

Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

Herbs » God » Created

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so.

Genesis 2:5

And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,

Herbs » Bitter, used at passover

Exodus 12:8

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread, with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Numbers 9:11

In the second month on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Herbs » Given as food to man

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Cucumber

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

Isaiah 1:8

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

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Bulrushes

Exodus 2:3

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.

Isaiah 58:5

Is such the fast that I have chosen, the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to LORD?

Herbs » Found in » The deserts

Job 24:5

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.

Jeremiah 17:6

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

Herbs » God » Causes to grow

Psalm 104:14

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

Job 38:27

to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Reeds

Isaiah 19:6

And the rivers shall become foul. The streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags shall wither away.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Spikenard

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Calamus

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Saffron

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flag

Exodus 2:3

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Aloe

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » myrrh

Herbs » Given for food

Genesis 1:29-30

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food, and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, for food--every green herb. And it was so.

Herbs » Mode of watering, alluded to

Deuteronomy 11:10

For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,

Herbs » Each kind of, contains its own seed

Genesis 1:11-12

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

Herbs » Poisonous, not fit for man's use

2 Kings 4:39-40

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild gourds from it, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they did not know them. So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Beans

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentils, and roasted [pulse],

Herbs » Destroyed by » Hail and lightning

Exodus 9:22-25

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth, and LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. read more.
And throughout all the land of Egypt the hail smote all that was in the field, both man and beast, and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

Herbs » Found in » The mountains

Proverbs 27:25

The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Tares or darnel

Matthew 13:30

Allow both to grow together until the harvest. And at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Lentiles

Genesis 25:34

And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Anise

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Mint

Herbs » Found in » The fields

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

Herbs » Called the green herbs

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Garlic

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Onions

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Leeks

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Melon

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic,

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Gourds

2 Kings 4:39

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild gourds from it, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they did not know them.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Grass

Numbers 22:4

And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

Herbs » Destroyed by » Drought

Isaiah 42:15

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. And I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Millet

Ezekiel 4:9

Also take thou to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread of it, [according to] the number of the days that thou shall lay upon thy side, even three hun

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flax

Exodus 9:31

And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Rye

Exodus 9:32

But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up.

Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints

Isaiah 18:4

For thus LORD has said to me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Herbs » Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints

Herbs » Destroyed by » Titheable among the jews

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Mallows

Job 30:4

They pluck mallows by the bushes, and the roots of the juniper are their food.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Rushes

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Herbs » Found in » The marshes

Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Mountains » Abounded with » Herbs

Proverbs 27:25

The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

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Proverbs 5:3-4

For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

Herbs And Spices

John 19:39-40

And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

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