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What the Bible has to say about:
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. 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. (Gen.
1:29-30, KJV)
Every moving thing that liveth shall
be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
(Gen. 9:3, KJV)
He causeth the grass to grow for the
cattle, and herb for the service of man. (Psalm 104:14, KJV)
Better is a dinner of herbs where love
is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. (Prov. 15:17, KJV)
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: (Heb. 6:7, KJV)
From the book Bible Herbs by
Rev. Thomas Rowe:
"Miraculous Bible herbs can make
you look and feel 20 years younger and give you boundless, youthful
energy," says an expert. And they "even lower your blood
pressure."
"True!" says biblical expert
Erik Johnson. "Scholars report that herbs will make everyone look
and feel at least 20 years younger."
The Rev. John Landers of United
Seminary in California agrees: "The glowing good health and long
lives of the Israelites was due to good nutritional concepts drawn from
the Old and the New Testaments." — And no wonder — their diet
was prescribed by God Himself: "Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed which is upon the face of the Earth — To you it shall be
your meat." (Genesis 1:29)
At least 100 herb-producing plants are
mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. When taken alone, added to food or
brewed as tea, they help restore vigor, calm nerves, lower blood
pressure, fight pain, flush poisonous waste and fat, improve circulation
and digestion, and strengthen functions of the heart, lungs and kidneys.
The 27 youth-giving and life-extending herbs
most used by the Israelites
ALOE: An all-around skin
rejuvenator and healer used for minor cuts, bruises, scrapes and burns.
Praised in the Book of Numbers (24:6): "Like valleys that stretch
out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by the Lord, like
cedars beside the waters."
ANISE: This licorice-tasting
and spicy herb relieves coughing and lung problems and eases nervous
indigestion.
CAYENNE: Bible experts say this
sweat-producing pepper cleans the stomach and fights sore throat, fever
and colds.
COMFREY: In use 3,000 years
ago, this wonder herb flushes poisons from the body.
CORIANDER: Some say that this
healthful herb is the manna that miraculously fed the Israelites during
their 40-year journey through the desert. It satisfies the appetite,
restores vigor, strengthens the heart, and soothes the bowels.
CUMIN: Tonic and heart
strengthener referred to in Matthew 23:23: "Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have
neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and
faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without
neglecting the others."
DILL: An herb so valued in
biblical times that Scribes and Pharisees donated it to the temple. It
calms jumpy stomachs and improves the heart.
GARLIC: A staple in the diets
of all ancient peoples, this pungent herb has amazing antibiotic and
healing powers. It rids the body of harmful cholesterol and fights some
forms of cancer.
HORSERADISH: Eaten at all
Passover Seders (including the Last Supper), this bitter herb dissolves
fat in the cells, rids the body of harmful toxins, flushes excess water
and purifies the kidneys.
LINDEN FLOWERS: A natural
sedative that helps end stress induced insomnia.
MUSTARD: These tiny seeds
remove harmful substances from fatty foods, and when added to bath water
relieves arthritis and rheumatism.
PARSLEY: Included in the
everyday diet of the early Israelites, it rejuvenates the skin and is a
natural diuretic that prevents kidney and bladder problems and lowers
blood pressure.
PERIWINKLE: This wild herb
boosts energy and increases oxygen to the brain.
ROSEMARY: Used to season the
Israelites food, it aids circulation, memory and digestion, and also
lowers high blood pressure.
SAFFRON: Mentioned in the Song
of Songs [or Song of Solomon] (4:14), it energizes the body and flushes
poisons and gas from the stomach and intestines: "Nard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh and
aloes, along with all the finest spices."
VALERIAN: Eases anxiety and
tension, helps concentration.
YUCCA: The juice of this
cactus-like plant has been used for centuries to relieve nervous
headaches.
Biblical Herbal Teas
Some biblical herbs make delicious, relaxing, health
promoting teas. Among them are:
BASIL TEA: Helps prevent and cure ulcers, high
blood pressure, heart disease, and colitis.
CHAMOMILE TEA: Calms jangled nerves and
invigorates the heart.
HYSSOP TEA: Natural tranquilizer that reduces
high blood pressure.
LEMON BALM TEA: Eases muscle spasms and
tension.
MARJORAM TEA: Tasty, energy-giving tonic.
MINT TEA: It cools the body in hot weather and
calms nerves.
PEPPERMINT-CHAMOMILE TEA: Cleanses the kidneys,
spleen, and bladder.
ROSE HIP TEA: Vitamin-packed energy booster and
stress reducer.
SAGE TEA: Produces an immediate sense of calm.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM TEA: Relieves feelings of
hysteria.
Here is a list of some additional places
the Bible refers to Herbs
Then God said, "Let the earth
sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, {and} fruit trees bearing fruit
after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth"; and it was so.
And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their
kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind; and
God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11-12)
Then God said, "Behold, I have
given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the
earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food
for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky
and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, {I have
given} every green plant for food"; and it was so. (Genesis
1:29-30)
Now no shrub of the field was yet in
the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord GOD
had not sent rain upon the earth; and there was no man to cultivate the
ground. (Genesis 2:5)
"Both thorns and thistles it
shall grow for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field;"
(Genesis 3:18)
"Every moving thing that is alive
shall be food for you; I give all to you, as {I gave} the green
plant." (Genesis 9:3)
Now the LORD said to Moses,
"Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that hail may fall on all
the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt." And Moses stretched out his staff
toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to
the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was
hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very
severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a
nation. And the hail struck all that was in the field through all the
land of Egypt, both man and beast; the hail also struck every plant of
the field and shattered every tree of the field. (Exodus 9:22-25)
Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that
they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every plant of the land,
{even} all that the hail has left." So Moses stretched out his
staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on the
land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east
wind brought the locusts. And the locusts came up over all the land of
Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; {they were} very
numerous. There had never been so {many} locusts, nor would there be so
{many} again. For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that
the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the
fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left
on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt. (Exodus
10:12-15)
"And they shall eat the flesh [of
the Passover lamb] that {same} night, roasted with fire, and they shall
eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs." (Exodus 12:8)
"In the second month on the
fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it [Passover]; they shall
eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs." (Numbers 9:11)
"For the land, into which you are
entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you
came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a
vegetable garden." (Deuteronomy 11:10)
"Let my teaching drop as the
rain, My speech distill as the dew, as the droplets on the fresh grass
and as the showers on the herb." (Deuteronomy 32:2)
And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying,
"Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden
because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better
vineyard than it in its place; if you like, I will give you the price of
it in money." (1 Kings 21:2)
Then one went out into the field to
gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of
wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did
not know {what they were.} (2 Kings 4:39)
Therefore their inhabitants were short
of strength, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the
vegetation of the field and as the green herb, as grass on the housetops
is scorched before it is grown up. (2 Kings 19:26)
While it is still green {and} not cut
down, yet it withers before any {other} plant. (Job 8:12)
To satisfy the waste and desolate
land, and to make the seeds of grass to sprout? (Job 38:27)
For they will wither quickly like the
grass, and fade like the green herb. (Psalm 37:2)
He causes the grass to grow for the
cattle, and vegetation for the labor of man, so that he may bring forth
food from the earth, (Psalm 104:14)
And ate up all vegetation in their
land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. (Psalm 105:35)
Better is a dish of vegetables where
love is, than a fattened ox and hatred with it. (Proverbs 15:17)
{When} the grass disappears, the new
growth is seen, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,
(Proverbs 27:25)
For thus the LORD has told me, "I
will look from My dwelling place quietly like dazzling heat in the
sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest." (Isaiah
18:4)
Your dead will live; their corpses
will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your
dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give birth to the
departed spirits. (Isaiah 26:19)
"Therefore their inhabitants were
short of strength, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were {as}
the vegetation of the field and {as} the green herb, {as} grass on the
housetops is scorched before it is grown up." (Isaiah 37:27)
"I will lay waste the mountains
and hills, and wither all their vegetation; I will make the rivers into
coastlands, and dry up the ponds." (Isaiah 42:15)
Then you shall see {this,} and your
heart shall be glad, and your bones shall flourish like the new grass;
and the hand of the LORD shall be made known to His servants, but He
shall be indignant toward His enemies. (Isaiah 66:14)
How long is the land to mourn and the
vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who
dwell in it, animals and birds have been snatched away, because {men}
have said, "He will not see our latter ending." (Jeremiah
12:4)
"And by the river on its bank, on
one side and on the other, will grow all {kinds of} trees for food.
Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will
bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their
fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel
47:12)"
"... and this [mustard seed] is
smaller than all {other} seeds; but when it is full grown, it is larger
than the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air
come and nest in its branches." (Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:32)
One man has faith that he may eat all
things, but he who is weak eats vegetables {only.} (Romans 14:2)
For ground that drinks the rain which
often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for
whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; (Hebrews
6:7)
... in the middle of its street. And
on either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve {kinds
of} fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:2)
In the languages in which the Bible
was originally written (Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic), the word that English
Bibles translate as "sorcery" or "sorcerer" is the
word from which we get our modern idea of "pharmaceuticals."
Then Pharaoh also called for {the}
wise men and {the} sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did
the same with their secret arts. (Exodus 7:11)
Then the king gave orders to call in
the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans, to tell
the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. (Daniel
2:2)
Now there was a certain man named
Simon, who formerly was practicing magic [sorcery] in the city, and
astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great; (Acts
8:9)
And when they had gone through the
whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician [sorcerer],
a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the
proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the
magician (for thus his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to
turn the proconsul away from the faith. (Acts 13:6-8)
... and they did not repent of their
murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their
thefts. (Revelation 9:21)
... and the light of a lamp will not
shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will
not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of
the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
(Revelation 18:23)
But for the cowardly and unbelieving
and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and
idolaters and all liars, their part {will be} in the lake that burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8)
Except as otherwise noted, all scripture
references are taken from the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible.
Verses marked NASB are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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