Bible Verses About Herbs and Plants
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for herbs and plants, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,444 votes, led by Genesis 9:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Herbs and Plants
Genesis 9:3180 votes
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Ezekiel 47:12179 votes
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Genesis 1:12165 votes
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29113 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Isaiah 40:8100 votes
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Psalms 104:1478 votes
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Revelation 22:274 votes
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Genesis 1:3058 votes
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Exodus 30:22-2947 votes
Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1 Timothy 4:1-447 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Numbers 11:544 votes
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
John 1:337 votes
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Genesis 1:1132 votes
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:29-3131 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 3:22-2330 votes
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Deuteronomy 8:7-830 votes
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Song of Songs 4:1430 votes
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Jeremiah 29:1120 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Hebrews 6:717 votes
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Isaiah 60:1316 votes
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Genesis 3:1714 votes
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Matthew 23:2313 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Galatians 5:22-2313 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 John 5:1-2113 votes
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Psalms 37:1-4012 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
What does the Bible say about herbs and plants?
Readers most often cite Genesis 9:3 on the subject of herbs and plants. Across 1,444 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ezekiel 47:12, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.