Flowers

“The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.” (SOS 2:12 ESV)

Consider the lilies of the field

“And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Matt. 6:28:29 ESV)

Man flourishes like a flower

“As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.” (Psalm 103:15-16 ESV)

Flowers fade, but not the Word of God

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” (Isa. 40:8 ESV)

Therefore…

“I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon…” (Hos. 14:5 ESV)