18 Bible Verses About Flowers, and Why Scripture Keeps Saying They Fade

Most flowers in the Bible stand for how short human life is. Isaiah says, “The grass withers, the flower fades” (40:7-8), and Job, the Psalms, James and Peter use the same image. Scripture sets that brevity beside God’s care: Jesus pointed to the lilies of the field, and Solomon had open flowers carved on the walls of the temple. The eighteen verses below cover flowers as a picture of brevity, the lilies Jesus pointed to, flowers as a promise of…