'Flax' in the Bible
The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done 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 in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.