Gardens
23 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- (Enclosed) of the Pleasantness, Fruitfulness, and Security
- (Well Watered) Spiritual Prosperity of the Church
- (When Dried Up) the Wicked
- Blasting of, a Punishment
- Jews Ordered to Plant, in Babylon
- Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Cucumbers
- Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Fruit Trees
- Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Herbs
- Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Spices
- Lodges Erected In
- Often Enclosed
- Often Made by the Banks of Rivers
- Often Refreshed by Fountains
- Often Used for Burial Places
- Often Used for Entertainments
- Often Used for Idolatrous Worship
- Often Used for Retirement
- Taken Care of by Gardeners
(Enclosed) of the Pleasantness, Fruitfulness, and Security
- Song of Solomon 4:12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
(Well Watered) Spiritual Prosperity of the Church
- Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD — the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and …
(When Dried Up) the Wicked
- Isaiah 1:30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
Blasting of, a Punishment
- Amos 4:9 “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Jews Ordered to Plant, in Babylon
- Jeremiah 29:5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
- Jeremiah 29:28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Cucumbers
- Isaiah 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Fruit Trees
- Ecclesiastes 2:5–6 I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees. …
Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Herbs
- Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
- 1 Kings 21:2 So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place — or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Spices
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Lodges Erected In
- Isaiah 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
Often Enclosed
- Song of Solomon 4:12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Often Made by the Banks of Rivers
- Numbers 24:6 They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
Often Refreshed by Fountains
- Song of Solomon 4:15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
Often Used for Burial Places
- 2 Kings 21:18 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 21:26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
- John 19:41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Often Used for Entertainments
- Song of Solomon 5:1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
Often Used for Idolatrous Worship
- Isaiah 1:29 Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- Isaiah 65:3 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
Often Used for Retirement
- John 18:1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Taken Care of by Gardeners
- John 20:15 “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
Related topics
Gardens of EdenGardens of the ChurchIrrigationBotanical Gardens
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.