Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4402 plants
Plants are an important aspect of God's creation, and a major source of food and materials. Scripture refers to many plants, with their various uses.
Plants as a source of food
Genesis 1:29-30 See also Genesis 1:11-12; Genesis 3:17-19; Genesis 9:3; Psalm 104:14
Growth of plants dependent upon soil, sun and irrigation
Deuteronomy 32:2 See also Genesis 2:4-5; 2 Kings 19:26 pp Isaiah 37:27; Job 8:16-19; Isaiah 61:11; Zechariah 10:1; Matthew 13:3-8 pp Mark 4:3-8 pp Luke 8:5-8; James 1:11
Individual plants
Aloes
Numbers 24:5-6 See also Psalm 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Songs 4:13-14
Calamus
Jeremiah 6:20 See also Songs 4:12-14; Isaiah 43:24; Ezekiel 27:19
Crocus
Isaiah 35:1-2
Hyssop
1 Kings 4:33 See also Exodus 12:22; Psalm 51:7; John 19:29
Lily
Luke 12:27 pp Matthew 6:28-29 See also Songs 2:1-2; Hosea 14:5
Lotus
Job 40:21-22
Mandrake
Songs 7:13 See also Genesis 30:14-16
Mustard
Matthew 13:31-32 pp Mark 4:30-32 pp Luke 13:18-19
Myrtle
Isaiah 55:13 See also Isaiah 41:18-20; Zechariah 1:8-10
Reed
Exodus 2:3 See also Job 8:11; Isaiah 19:6-7
Rose
Songs 2:1
Rush
Isaiah 19:6-7
See also
4017 life, animal & plant 4444 flax 4466 herbs and spices 4470 hyssop 4472 lily 4484 mustard seed 4494 papyrus 4502 reed 4504 roots 4534 vine 4540 weeds 8257 fruitfulness, natural
