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Flowers.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Wild in fields. Psa. 103:15¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (Psalm 103:15).

Cultivated in gardens. SoS. 6:2, 3.

DESCRIBED AS

Beautiful. Matt. 6:29²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matthew 6:29).

Sweet. SoS. 5:13.

Evanescent. Psa. 103:16¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. (Psalm 103:16). Isa. 40:8⁸The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:8).

Appear in spring. SoS. 2:1

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

The lily. Hos. 14:5⁵I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hosea 14:5). Matt. 6:28²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: (Matthew 6:28),

The lily of the valley. SoS. 2:1.

The rose. Isa. 35:1¹The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. (Isaiah 35:1).

The rose of Sharon. SoS. 2:1.

Of the grass. 1 Peter 1:24²⁴For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (1 Peter 1:24).

Garlands of, used in worship of idols. Acts 14:13¹³Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. (Acts 14:13).

REPRESENTATIONS OF, ON THE

Golden candlestick. Ex. 25:31, 33³¹And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. (Exodus 25:31)
³³Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. (Exodus 25:33). 2 Chr. 4:21²¹And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; (2 Chronicles 4:21).

Sea of brass. 1 Kin. 7:26. 2 Chr. 4:5⁵And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. (2 Chronicles 4:5).

Wood work of the temple. 1 Kin. 6:18, 29, 33, 35.

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

The graces of Christ. SoS. 5:13.

Shortness of man's life. Job 14:2²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (Job 14:2). Psa. 103:15¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (Psalm 103:15).

Kingdom of Israel. Isa. 28:1¹Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! (Isaiah 28:1).

Glory of man. 1 Peter 1:24²⁴For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (1 Peter 1:24).

Rich men. James 1:10, 11¹⁰But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. ¹¹For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. (James 1:10‑11).

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