Botany

How Nave’s arranged it

• Laws of nature in the vegetable kingdom uniform in actionMatthew 7:16–18Matthew 7:20Luke 6:43Luke 6:441 Corinthians 15:36–38Galatians 6:7
• Lily, beauty ofMatthew 6:28Matthew 6:292 Corinthians 9:6
• See Algum
• See Almond
• See Aloe
• See Anise
• See Apple
• See Ash
• See Balm
• See Barley
• See Bay
• See Bean

The passages, in Bible order (9)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 6:28

   And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 6:282 voices

   “(Vers. 28-29.) Consider how the lilies of the field grow: they do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. How beautifully does the lily shine? But the viola, with its purple color, surpasses any dye, it is a judgement of the eyes more than of speech.

   “And why take ye thought for raiment,.... Having exposed the folly of an anxious and immoderate care and thought, for food to support and prolong life, our Lord proceeds to show the vanity of an over concern for raiment: consider the lilies of the field or "the flowers of the field", as the Arabic version reads it, the lilies being put for all sorts of flowers. The Persic version mentions both rose and lily; the one being beautifully clothed in red, the other in white.

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2. Matthew 6:29

   Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 6:292 voices

   “(Vers. 28-29.) Consider how the lilies of the field grow: they do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. How beautifully does the lily shine? But the viola, with its purple color, surpasses any dye, it is a judgement of the eyes more than of speech.

   “Or the meaning may be, that Solomon though he toiled not for his own raiment, yet he gave command for the making of it. But where command is, there is often found both offence of them that minister, and wrath of him that commands. When then any are without these things, then they are arrayed as are the lilies.

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3. Matthew 7:16–18

   By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

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   “What is here spoken of false prophets we may apply to all whose dress and speech promise one thing, and their actions exhibit another. But it is specially to be understood of heretics, who by observing temperance, chastity, and fasting, surround themselves as it were with a garment of sanctity, but inasmuch as their hearts within them are poisoned, they deceive the souls of the more simple brethren.

   “Persons are still living who remember them,-their own actual disciples and successors,-who cannot therefore deny the lateness of their date. But, in fact, by their own works they are convicted, even as the Lord said. For since Marcion separated the New Testament from the Old, he is (necessarily) subsequent to that which he separated, inasmuch as it was only in his power to separate what was (previously) united.

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4. Matthew 7:20

   So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

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   “(non occ.) From the foregoing similitude He draws the conclusion to what He had said before, as being now manifest, saying, Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

   “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. This is the conclusion of the whole, and a repetition of what is before said, the more to fix the rule of judgment upon their minds, and engage them to try men by their doctrines, and their doctrines by the standard of the Scriptures, and not believe every spirit; for with some care and diligence such persons may be detected, and the malignant influence of their ministry be prevented.

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5. Luke 6:43

   No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

   ›Commentary on Luke 6:432 voices

   “Each man's life also will be a criterion of his character. For not by extrinsic ornaments and pretended humility is the beauty of true happiness discovered, but by those things which a man does; of which he gives an illustration, adding, For of thorns men do not gather figs.

   “For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit,....

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6. Luke 6:44

   For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.

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   “Each man's life also will be a criterion of his character. For not by extrinsic ornaments and pretended humility is the beauty of true happiness discovered, but by those things which a man does; of which he gives an illustration, adding, For of thorns men do not gather figs.

   “On the thorns of this world the fig cannot be found, which as being better in its second fruit, is well fitted to be a similitude of the resurrection. Either because, as you read, The fig trees have put forth their green figs, (Cant. 2:13.) that is, the unripe and worthless fruit came first in the Synagogue.

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7. 1 Corinthians 15:36–38

   You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

   ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:36–382 voices

   We must therefore conclude that it is in reference to the flesh that death is mentioned; which [flesh], after the soul's departure, becomes breathless and inanimate, and is decomposed gradually into the earth from which it was taken. This, then, is what is mortal. And it is this of which he also says, "He shall also quicken your mortal bodies." And therefore in reference to it he says, in the first [Epistle] to the Corinthians: "So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it rises in incorruption."

   “Thou fool,....

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8. 2 Corinthians 9:6

   Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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   “He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth in blessing shall reap also of blessing. But let every one do as he has proposed in his heart: not as if sorrowfully, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

   “But this I say,.... This the apostle would have the Corinthians take notice of, and well consider, it being what he could aver for truth, by observation and experience; that as in things natural, so in things of a moral and spiritual kind, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully, or with blessings, shall reap also bountifully; or with blessings; as a man sows, so shall he reap; the one is in proportion to the other. Sowing and reaping are here used in a metaphorical sense.

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9. Galatians 6:7

   Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

   ›Commentary on Galatians 6:72 voices

   “(Verse 7.) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Whatever a person sows, that will he also reap. By foreseeing with the Spirit, those who are being taught are able to provide for the needs and expenses of their teachers and to claim poverty, saying, 'My field has withered this year due to drought, my vineyard has been destroyed by hail, the taxes that could have been paid have been seized.' I do not have what is required to give. Therefore, do not be deceived, God is not mocked.

   “Be not deceived,....

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