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18 Bible Verses About Spring, New Growth and Renewal

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Summary

  • Genesis 8:22 describes the year as seedtime and harvest, and Israel’s first month, Aviv, is named for the ripening grain.
  • The Song of Solomon has the Bible’s best-known description of spring, in a love poem.
  • Isaiah says the new thing is already springing up and asks, “do you not perceive it?”
  • Hosea tells Israel to break up its fallow ground, because it is time to seek the Lord.
  • The flowers of Matthew 6 are chosen for how briefly they last — the next verse has them thrown into an oven.

The Bible’s spring verses come mostly from farming: seedtime and harvest, rain on the fields, seed that grows while the farmer sleeps, and God’s promise to make things new. Genesis 8:22 describes the year in pairs, beginning with seedtime and harvest. Israel’s first month, Aviv or Abib, was named for the ripening grain (Exodus 13:4), and Passover fell in it. The Song of Solomon gives the best-known picture of the season: “See! The winter is past.” The eighteen verses below…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The month of Abib, named for the green ears of barley, is set as the first month at Exodus 13:4 and Deuteronomy 16:1.

The farmer who sleeps and does not know how the grain grows is at Mark 4:26-29.

God’s farming in Psalm 65 continues through verses 9 to 13.

The oven the flowers are thrown into is at Matthew 6:30.

The rest of the exchange in Isaiah 61:3 follows the mourning of 61:1-2.

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