“His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.” (Song 5:13)
Most of the scriptural references to lilies are in the Song (8 times). All the others but one are either in the description of the ornamentation of Solomon’s temple, or in Christ’s comparison of Solomon’s glory to the greater glory of the lily.
The lily as a symbol of purity does not appear to be a scriptural idea, nor do the Bible lilies appear to have been white. The Bible lily appears to be a magnificent flower whose color ranged from pink to purple, and whose scriptural significance was God-bestowed, inherent glory, as contrasted with human, superficial glory.
“His lips like lilies” refer to the divine beauty of all that he said—the “words of grace” at which his hearers marveled—
“Never man spake like this man!”
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