What does the Bible say about flax?

15 verses about flax, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about flax

1. Exodus 9:31 — And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 6 votes
2. Joshua 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 5 votes
3. Isaiah 42:3 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 5 votes
4. Matthew 12:20 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 5 votes
5. Proverbs 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 4 votes
6. Isaiah 19:9 — Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. 4 votes
7. Hosea 2:9 — Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 4 votes
8. Judges 15:14 — And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. 3 votes
9. Hosea 2:5 — For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 3 votes
10. Leviticus 13:52 — He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 2 votes
11. Leviticus 13:59 — This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 2 votes
12. Deuteronomy 22:11 — Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 2 votes
13. Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 2 votes
14. Isaiah 43:17 — Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 2 votes
15. Ezekiel 40:3 — And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Isaiah (3), Leviticus (2), Proverbs (2), Hosea (2), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), Ezekiel (1), Matthew (1)

Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.