Lilies and grass in the Bible

35 passages of the Berean Standard Bible, line by line, from Nave’s Topical Bible.

Lilies

The capitals of the temple porch pillars were shaped like lilies1 Kgs 7:19, 1 Kgs 7:22
The verses
1 Kgs 7:19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
1 Kgs 7:22And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
The rim of the bronze Sea was like a lily blossom1 Kgs 7:26, 2 Chr 4:5
The verses
1 Kgs 7:26It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
2 Chr 4:5It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
“Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin”Matt 6:28, Luke 12:27
The verses
Matt 6:28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
Luke 12:27Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of themMatt 6:29
The verses
Matt 6:29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
A shepherd pastures his flock among the liliesSong 2:16, Song 6:3
The verses
Song 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
The beloved goes down to his garden to gather liliesSong 6:2
The verses
Song 6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
“A lily of the valley … like a lily among the thorns”Song 2:1–2
The verses
Song 2:1–2I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
“His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh”Song 5:13
The verses
Song 5:13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Twin fawns grazing among the liliesSong 4:5
The verses
Song 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Grass

Grass grows for the livestock and on the hillsPs 104:14, Ps 147:8, Deut 11:15
The verses
Ps 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Ps 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Deut 11:15And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
Rain on freshly cut grassPs 72:6
The verses
Ps 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
Grass on the rooftops withers before it can growPs 129:6–7, 2 Kgs 19:26
The verses
Ps 129:6–7May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
2 Kgs 19:26Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
Grass of the field: here today, tomorrow thrown into the furnaceMatt 6:30, Luke 12:28
The verses
Matt 6:30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Luke 12:28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
When the hay is removed, new growth appearsProv 27:25
The verses
Prov 27:25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
The scorching sun withers the plant, and its flower fallsJas 1:11
The verses
Jas 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
In drought Ahab searched every spring and valley for grass for the horses1 Kgs 18:5
The verses
1 Kgs 18:5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
The waters of Nimrim dried up and the grass witheredIsa 15:6
The verses
Isa 15:6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
Behemoth feeds on grass like an oxJob 40:15
The verses
Job 40:15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
Nebuchadnezzar ate grass like an oxDan 4:33
The verses
Dan 4:33At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
“Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass?”Job 6:5
The verses
Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
The five thousand sat down on the green grassJohn 6:10, Mark 6:39
The verses
John 6:10“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
Mark 6:39Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

Sayings

“All flesh is like grass … the grass withers and the flowers fall”Isa 40:6–8, 1 Pet 1:24
The verses
Isa 40:6–8A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
New grass springs up in the morning and withers by eveningPs 90:5–6
The verses
Ps 90:5–6You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Man’s days are like grass; the wind passes over and it vanishesPs 103:15–16
The verses
Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Speech settling like dew, like gentle rain on new grassDeut 32:2
The verses
Deut 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Sources

From Nave’s Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1896; public domain): subjects chosen, lines shortened and put into modern words, lines of interpretation left out; each verse checked.

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain