Bible verses about Gardens
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Often made by the banks of rivers
Numbers 24:6- KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Herbs
Deuteronomy 11:10; I Kings 21:2
- Cucumbers
Isaiah 1:8
- Fruit trees
Ecclesiastes 2:5,6
- Spices, &c
Solomon 4:16; 6:2- Often enclosed
Solomon 4:12- Often refreshed by fountains
Solomon 4:15- Taken care of by gardeners
John 20:15- Lodges erected in
Isaiah 1:8- OFTEN USED FOR
- Entertainments
Solomon 5:1
- Retirement
John 18:1
- Burial places
II Kings 21:18,26; John 19:41
- Idolatrous worship
Isaiah 1:29; 65:3- Blasting of, a punishment
Amos 4:9- Jews ordered to plant, in Babylon
Jeremiah 29:5,28- OF EDEN
- Planted by the Lord
Genesis 2:8
- Called the garden of the Lord
Genesis 13:10
- Called the garden of God
Ezekiel 28:13
- Had every tree good for food
Genesis 2:9
- Watered by a river
Genesis 2:10-14
- Man placed in, to dress and keep
Genesis 2:8,15
- Man driven from, after the fall
Genesis 3:23,24
- Fertility of Canaan like
Genesis 13:10; Joel 2:3
- The future state of the Jews shall be like
Isaiah 51:3; Ezekiel 36:35- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the church
Solomon 5:1; 6:2,11
- (Enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
Solomon 4:12
- (Well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church
Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:12
- (When dried up,) of the wicked
Isaiah 1:30