HERBS, &C

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Called the green herbs

Each kind of, contains its own seed

Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:12

Given as food to man

Genesis 1:28 Genesis 1:29 Genesis 9:3

Cultivated in gardens

Deuteronomy 11:10 1 Kings 21:2

Cultivated for food

Proverbs 15:17 Hebrews 6:7

Require rain dew

Deuteronomy 32:2 Job 38:26 Job 38:27

Mode of watering, alluded to

Deuteronomy 11:10

Bitter, used at passover

Exodus 12:8 Numbers 9:11

Poisonous, not fit for man's use

2 Kings 4:39 2 Kings 4:40

Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints

GOD

Created

Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:12 Genesis 2:5

Causes to grow

Job 38:27 Psalms 104:14

FOUND IN

The fields

The mountains

The marshes

The deserts

Job 24:5 Jeremiah 17:6

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Aloe

Song of Solomon 4:14

Anise

Barley

Exodus 9:31 2 Samuel 14:30

Beans

Bulrushes

Exodus 2:3 Isaiah 58:5

Calamus

Song of Solomon 4:14

Cummin

Isaiah 28:27 Matthew 23:23

Cucumber

Numbers 11:5 Isaiah 1:8

Fitches

Isaiah 28:25 Isaiah 28:27

Flag

Exodus 2:3 Job 8:11

Flax

Garlic

Gourds

Grass

Heath

Jeremiah 17:6 Jeremiah 48:6

Hyssop

Exodus 12:22 1 Kings 4:33

Leeks

Lentiles

Mandrakes

Genesis 30:14 Song of Solomon 7:13

Mallows

Millet

Melon

Mint

Myrrh

Song of Solomon 4:14

Onions

Reeds

Job 40:21 Isaiah 19:6

Rushes

Rye

Saffron

Song of Solomon 4:14

Spikenard

Song of Solomon 4:14

Tares or Darnel

Wheat

Exodus 9:32 Jeremiah 12:13

DESTROYED BY

Hail and lightning

Locusts, &c

Exodus 10:12 Exodus 10:15 Psalms 105:34 Psalms 105:35

Drought

Tithable among the Jews

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the wicked

2 Kings 19:26 Psalms 37:2

(Dew on,) of grace given to saints