6 Bible Verses about Papyrus

When you come, bring the books, parchments, and the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus.

When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River.

They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.

It sends messengers by sea in boats made of reeds that skim over the surface of the water. Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people who are feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers.

Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish.

The parched ground will become a lake, and dry land will be filled with springs. Marsh grass and reeds will grow where jackals used to live.