Bible verses about Herbs, &c
Scripture references about Herbs, &c, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Herbs, &c in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Called the green herbs: 2Ki 19:26
- GOD
- Created: Ge 1:11,12; 2:5
- Causes to grow: Job 38:27; Ps 104:14
- Each kind of, contains its own seed: Ge 1:11,12
- Given as food to man: Ge 1:28,29; 9:3
- FOUND IN
- The fields: Jer 12:4
- The mountains: Pr 27:25
- The marshes: Job 8:11
- The deserts: Job 24:5; Jer 17:6
- Cultivated in gardens: De 11:10; 1Ki 21:2
- Cultivated for food: Pr 15:17; Heb 6:7
- Require rain dew: De 32:2; Job 38:26,27
- Mode of watering, alluded to: De 11:10
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Aloe: So 4:14
- Anise: Mt 23:23
- Barley: Ex 9:31; 2Sa 14:30
- Beans: 2Sa 17:28
- Bulrushes: Ex 2:3; Isa 58:5
- Calamus: So 4:14
- Cummin: Isa 28:27; Mt 23:23
- Cucumber: Nu 11:5; Isa 1:8
- Fitches: Isa 28:25,27
- Flag: Ex 2:3; Job 8:11
- Flax: Ex 9:31
- Garlic: Nu 11:5
- Gourds: 2Ki 4:39
- Grass: Nu 22:4
- Heath: Jer 17:6; 48:6
- Hyssop: Ex 12:22; 1Ki 4:33
- Leeks: Nu 11:5
- Lentiles: Ge 25:34
- Mandrakes: Ge 30:14; So 7:13
- Mallows: Job 30:4
- Millet: Eze 4:9
- Melon: Nu 11:5
- Mint: Mt 23:23
- Myrrh: So 4:14
- Onions: Nu 11:5
- Reeds: Job 40:21; Isa 19:6
- Rushes: Job 8:11
- Rye: Ex 9:32
- Saffron: So 4:14
- Spikenard: So 4:14
- Tares or Darnel: Mt 13:30
- Wheat: Ex 9:32; Jer 12:13
- Bitter, used at passover: Ex 12:8; Nu 9:11
- Poisonous, not fit for man's use: 2Ki 4:39,40
- DESTROYED BY
- Hail and lightning: Ex 9:22-25
- Locusts, &c: Ex 10:12,15; Ps 105:34,35
- Drought: Isa 42:15
- Tithable among the Jews: Lu 11:42
- Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints: Ro 14:2
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the wicked: 2Ki 19:26; Ps 37:2
- (Dew on,) of grace given to saints: Isa 18:4