Lily imagery uses lilies and field flowers to describe delicate beauty, belovedness, poetic delight, temple ornament, restoration, and God’s providential clothing of creation.
Lily imagery uses lilies and field flowers to describe delicate beauty, belovedness, poetic delight, temple ornament, restoration, and God’s providential clothing of creation.
A beauty-and-delicacy motif in which lilies may function as sanctuary ornament, love-poetry image, restoration symbol, or Jesus’ lesson that God clothes field beauty more splendidly than human glory.
These examples show how Lily and Beauty-of-the-Field Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
of lily work in the porch
Lily work adds crafted beauty to temple columns.
with flowers of lilies
Lily-shaped design contributes to temple vessel beauty.
with flowers of lilies
The sea’s lily form gives sanctuary craftsmanship a floral splendour.
the lily of the valleys
Lily imagery voices beauty and belovedness in love poetry.
as the lily among thorns
The lily among thorns heightens the beloved’s beauty by contrast.
he feedeth among the lilies
Lilies create a garden setting of delight and mutual belonging.
which feed among the lilies
Lily imagery supports the poem’s delicate garden beauty.
his lips like lilies
Lilies describe fragrance, beauty, and attractiveness in poetic imagery.
he shall grow as the lily
The lily pictures restored Israel’s fresh beauty under divine dew.
consider the lilies of the field
Jesus uses lilies to teach God’s generous care beyond human splendour.
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