40 Powerful Bible Verses About Plants

Plants are essential living creations of God to man, they serve several important purposes to humans. They are a major source of food to man and animals, they  are useful in decorative purposes, psycho therapeutic purpose and largely in medicine for the production of drugs. However, plants are living proof of God’s beautiful creative power, they showcase the beautiful and unexplainable power of God. Plants are also a testimony of God’s love for us, providing food for us through them. These beautiful creations bring nothing but beauty and perfection into nature, they are nature’s way of expressing and spreading happiness. In this article, we will be writing down some powerful Bible verses that talk about plants.

Different plants in the Bible depicts different meanings. A typical example is the popular Lily plant also known in the Bible as the Lily of the valley, this flowering plant symbolizes purity of the heart and soul, humility and new life. Solomon in the Bible also used the Lily plant to describe the love and beauty of a woman.

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What does the Bible say about Plants;

In Genesis 1:29, the Lord said “Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth and every tree yielding  seed to you, it shall be for food”. The scripture made us to understand that the most vital reason God created plants for us is for our provision[food]. In Psalms 1, the Bible used the blooming of a plant to illustrate the life of righteous man who walks in the ways of the Lord. There are several scriptures in the Bible that reveals the physical and spiritual blessedness of plants to us. Here are some of the Bible verses;

Short Bible Verses About Plants

1. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives. – Proverbs 11:30
2. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. – Isaiah 40:8
3. My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. – James 3:12
4. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth: – Psalm 104:14
5. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. – 1 Corinthians 3:7
6. The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. – Psalm 92:12
7. We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. – Numbers 11:5
8. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. – Proverbs 7:17
9. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: – Psalms 104:14
10. Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh. – Job 40:21
11. The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, – Isaiah 35:1

General Bible Verses About Plants and growth

1. Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. – Genesis 1:11-12
2. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. – Psalm 1:3
3. He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.’ – Matthew 13:31-32
4. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. – Isaiah 55:10-11
5. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5
6. ‘Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.’ – Mark 4:3-8
7. The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. – Genesis 2:9
8. ‘And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?’ – Matthew 6:28-30
9. Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. – Genesis 9:3
10. For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. – Isaiah 61:11
11. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. – Jeremiah 17:8
12. ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. All the trees of the forest will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.’ – Ezekiel 17:22-24
13. At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. – Job 14:7-9
14. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. – Song of Solomon 2:12
15. ‘And I will bring my people Israel back from exile. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.’ – Amos 9:14
16. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. – Matthew 13:23
17. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. – Colossians 1:6
18. Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. – Genesis 1:29
19. They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. – Exodus 37:17
20. Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.” – Ezekiel 47:12
21. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts, – Exodus 30:34
22. nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices. – Song of Solomon 4:14
23. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease. – Genesis 8:22
24. What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me. – Jeremiah 6:20
25. down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. – Revelation 22:2
26. A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. – Isaiah 40:6
27. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. – Galatians 6:8
28. I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. – Ezekiel 34:29
29. Do not plant two kinds of seed in your vineyard; if you do, not only the crops you plant but also the fruit of the vineyard will be defiled. – Deuteronomy 22:9