Referances to Weed in the Bible?

AhhI think weve ot it. Live soberly but Jesus made wine for celebration. So I would believe the same applies with herb.

 

it says somewhere in the bible an i quote probally not exact but as i can rember it goes something like this and god created all herb bearing seed and he sought that it was good fruit for man and man for fruit....something like that but herb bearing seed would be weed if u ask me.......but does that mean hydro is no good cause it has no seed....i like outdoor myself

 

Revelations 22:1,2
1 And He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Now I ask you, what plant has at least 12 uses, including healing? Cannabis! You can eat it, it has many industrial uses, such as fuel and fabric and paper and twine. It has medicinal uses. It has a spiritual purpose.

 

Ganja

Cannabis for Rastas, smoking cannabis, usually known as ganja or herb, is a spiritual act, often accompanied by Bible study; they consider it a sacrament that cleans the body and mind, heals the soul, exalts the consciousness, facilitates peacefulness, brings pleasure, and brings them closer to Jah. The burning of the herb is often said to be essential "for it will sting in the hearts of those that promote and perform evil and wrongs."

By the 8th century, cannabis had been introduced by Arab traders to Central and Southern Africa, where it is known as dagga[23], and many Rastas say it is a part of their African culture that they are reclaiming[24]. It is sometimes also referred to as "the healing of the nation", a phraseology adapted from Revelation 22:2[25]. While there is a clear belief in the beneficial qualities of cannabis, it is not compulsory to use it, and there are Rastas who do not.

According to many Rastas, the illegality of cannabis in many nations is evidence that persecution of Rastafari is a reality. They are not surprised that it is illegal, seeing it as a powerful substance that opens people's minds to the truth — something the Babylon system, they reason, clearly does not want[26]. They contrast their herb to liquor, which they feel makes people stupid, and is not a part of African culture.

They believe that the smoking of cannabis enjoys Biblical sanction and is an aid to meditation and religious observance.
Among Biblical verses Rastas believe justify the use of cannabis:

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."
Genesis 3:18 "... thou shalt eat the herb of the field."
Proverbs 15:17 "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."[1]
Psalms 104:14 "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man."

According to Rastafarian and other scholars, the etymology of the word "cannabis" and similar terms in all the languages of the Near East may be traced to the Hebrew qaneh bosm קנה-בשם that is one of the herbs God commands Moses to include in his preparation of sacred anointing perfume in Exodus 30:23; the Hebrew term also appears in Isaiah 43:24; Jeremiah 6:20; Ezekiel 27:19; and Song of Songs 4:14. Deuterocanonical and canonical references to the patriarchs Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses "burning incense before the Lord" are also applied, and many Rastas today refer to cannabis by the term ishence — a slightly changed form of the English word "incense". It is also said that cannabis was the first plant to grow on King Solomon's grave.

The migration of many thousands of Hindus from India to the Caribbean in the 20th century may have brought this culture to Jamaica. Many academics point to Indo-Caribbean origins for the ganja sacrament resulting from the importation of Indian migrant workers in a post-abolition Jamaican landscape. “Large scale use of ganja in Jamaica…dated from the importation of indentured Indians…”(Campbell 110). Dreadlocked mystics, often ascetic, known as the sadhus, have smoked cannabis in India for centuries[27].

In 1998, then-Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno, though not a judge, opined that Rastafari do not have the religious right to smoke ganja in violation of the United States' drug laws. The position is the same in the United Kingdom, where, in the Court of Appeal case of R. v. Taylor [2002] 1 Cr. App. R. 37, it was held that the UK's prohibition on cannabis use did not contravene the right to freedom of religion conferred under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari

 

@ robbyredlocks - Pslams 68:4; my lovely, my precious!! However somewhat irrelevant to this question, I think. Still mad raspect for the picture
@ Levi - Revelations 22:2; Yes, indeed!!

But just as generally speaking, everybody got to looking at what Ganja is... a herb and it bears seed.
I think we have just overlooked the first page
Genesis 1:29 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.

That's my thought, at least. So the next time babylon try to arrest you, argue that GOD said it was ok, which law is babylon referring too? (and get into even more trouble)

Lyrics from Lawman's the dancehall blaze "Hear the complaints from them dirty christian, but the herb it a gift from the Father, like the Son. Go read Genesis 1:29, the herb it a mine and not a crime "

 

In the Bible there are references to the herb all over the place. In many Bibles it is mistranslated as calamas, or incompletely translated as reed. But if you look at the original Hebrew texts you'll find the words "qaneh bosim" and "qaneh bos", the former being the plural of the latter, pronounced "kannabos" it literally means "fragrant reed" but is Hebrew for "cannabis"

 

Just had to say how wonderful I find that scripture - which I've known for many years. Genesis 1:27 - 31.
I must also say how I Love that you also pointed out how it's right up front
( so as to let us know to start with, I think) that God Jehovah has no problem with weed.