Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anointing » Of the body
You'll have olive trees throughout your territory, but you won't be able to anoint yourself with oil because the olives will drop off the trees.
So get cleaned up, put on some perfume, dress up, and go to the threshing floor, but don't let him see you until after he's finished eating and drinking.
Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus at the end of the twelve month period, at which time she was treated according to the regulations for women. This process completed the period of her beauty treatments six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and cosmetics for women.
You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.
like wine that makes the heart of people happy, oil that makes the face glow, and food that sustains people.
Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.
Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend's advice is sweet to the soul.
Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.
Always keep your garments white, and don't fail to anoint your head.
The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you.
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride. How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all kinds of spices.
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!
drinking wine from bowls, anointing themselves with the choicest of oils, but not grieving on the occasion of Joseph's ruin
You'll plant, but you won't reap. You'll crush the olive harvest, but you'll have no oil to anoint yourself. You'll tread out the grapes, but you'll never drink wine.
Contention » Contentious people
but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.
Family » Infelicity in
It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity.
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.
Every wise woman builds up her household, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Women » Contentious women
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.