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John 15:5 “I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Two groups of tropical vines rely for reproduction on the world’s only known spe...

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Exodus 15:11 “Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?” There are at least four known types of orchids that effectively pretend to be female insects. They a...

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1 Thessalonians 5:8 “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” Many plants, especially orchids, offer different ploys to fool insects into pollinating the...

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Judges 13:18 “And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?” Many plants reproduce simply by cloning. The most obvious example of cloning that comes to mind is the dandelion. Unless you get...

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Genesis 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” One of the criticisms of solar power is that it is so varia...

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Leviticus 19:19 “Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.” In any discussion on the veraci...

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Genesis 2:10 “Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.” Some people have the green thumb in their family. Others may complain that they fail with plants because plants don’t tell them whe...

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Psalm 148:7, 9-10 “Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl.” Much of the world’s surface is covered by ...

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Psalm 104:27-28 “These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season. [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.” The surface of the Earth 50 to 150 feet below the great...

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Job 38:4 “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” Every day, all over the Earth, plants engage in chemical warfare against insects and animals that would eat them. When this drama is desc...

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