Flowers
25 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
19 sections
- Appear in Spring
- Beautiful
- Cultivated in Gardens
- Evanescent
- Garlands of, Used in Worship of Idols
- Glory of Man
- Kingdom of Israel
- Representations of, on The: Golden Candlestick
- Representations of, on The: Sea of Brass
- Representations of, on The: Wood Work of the Temple
- Rich Men
- Shortness of Man's Life
- Sweet
- The Graces of Christ
- The Lily
- The Lily of the Valley
- The Rose
- The Rose of Sharon
- Wild in Fields
Appear in Spring
- Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
Beautiful
- Matthew 6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Cultivated in Gardens
- Song of Solomon 6:2–3 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies. …
Evanescent
- Psalm 103:16 when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
- Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Garlands of, Used in Worship of Idols
- Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
Glory of Man
- 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Kingdom of Israel
- Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
Representations of, on The: Golden Candlestick
- Exodus 25:31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- Exodus 25:33 There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
- 2 Chronicles 4:21 the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold— of purest gold;
Representations of, on The: Sea of Brass
- 1 Kings 7:26 It 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 Chronicles 4:5 It 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.
Representations of, on The: Wood Work of the Temple
- 1 Kings 6:18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
- 1 Kings 6:29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- 1 Kings 6:33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
- 1 Kings 6:35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
Rich Men
- James 1:10–11 But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. …
Shortness of Man's Life
- Job 14:2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Sweet
- Song of Solomon 5:13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
The Graces of Christ
- Song of Solomon 5:13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
The Lily
- Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Matthew 6:28 And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
The Lily of the Valley
- Song of Solomon 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Rose
- Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
The Rose of Sharon
- Song of Solomon 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
Wild in Fields
- Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.