Bible verses about Herbs, &c
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Called the green herbs
II Kings 19:26- GOD
- Created
Genesis 1:11,12; 2:5
- Causes to grow
Job 38:27; Psalms 104:14- Each kind of, contains its own seed
Genesis 1:11,12- Given as food to man
Genesis 1:28,29; 9:3- FOUND IN
- The fields
Jeremiah 12:4
- The mountains
Proverbs 27:25
- The marshes
Job 8:11
- The deserts
Job 24:5; Jeremiah 17:6- Cultivated in gardens
Deuteronomy 11:10; I Kings 21:2- Cultivated for food
Proverbs 15:17; Hebrews 6:7- Require rain dew
Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 38:26,27- Mode of watering, alluded to
Deuteronomy 11:10- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Aloe
Solomon 4:14
- Anise
Matthew 23:23
- Barley
Exodus 9:31; II Samuel 14:30
- Beans
II Samuel 17:28
- Bulrushes
Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 58:5
- Calamus
Solomon 4:14
- Cummin
Isaiah 28:27; Matthew 23:23
- Cucumber
Numbers 11:5; Isaiah 1:8
- Fitches
Isaiah 28:25,27
- Flag
Exodus 2:3; Job 8:11
- Flax
Exodus 9:31
- Garlic
Numbers 11:5
- Gourds
II Kings 4:39
- Grass
Numbers 22:4
- Heath
Jeremiah 17:6; 48:6
- Hyssop
Exodus 12:22; I Kings 4:33
- Leeks
Numbers 11:5
- Lentiles
Genesis 25:34
- Mandrakes
Genesis 30:14; Solomon 7:13
- Mallows
Job 30:4
- Millet
Ezekiel 4:9
- Melon
Numbers 11:5
- Mint
Matthew 23:23
- Myrrh
Solomon 4:14
- Onions
Numbers 11:5
- Reeds
Job 40:21; Isaiah 19:6
- Rushes
Job 8:11
- Rye
Exodus 9:32
- Saffron
Solomon 4:14
- Spikenard
Solomon 4:14
- Tares or Darnel
Matthew 13:30
- Wheat
Exodus 9:32; Jeremiah 12:13- Bitter, used at passover
Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11- Poisonous, not fit for man's use
II Kings 4:39,40- DESTROYED BY
- Hail and lightning
Exodus 9:22-25
- Locusts, &c
Exodus 10:12,15; Psalms 105:34,35
- Drought
Isaiah 42:15
- Tithable among the Jews
Luke 11:42- Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints
Romans 14:2- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the wicked
II Kings 19:26; Psalms 37:2
- (Dew on,) of grace given to saints
Isaiah 18:4