14 Bible Verses about Fragrance

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2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.

Hosea 14:6

His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the [trees of] Lebanon.

2 Kings 20:13

Hezekiah heard about them and showed them all of the house of his treasure, both the silver and the gold, the spices, the good olive oil, the room of his weapons, and all that could be found in his treasuries. There was nothing that he did not show them in his palace and in all of his kingdom.

Isaiah 39:2

And Hezekiah rejoiced over them and showed them his house of aromatic gum, the silver, gold, spices, good oil, all the house of his weapons, and all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing that Hezekiah had not shown them in his house or in all his dominion.

1 Chronicles 9:30

And some of the sons of the priests mixed the fragrant ointment for the spices.

Exodus 30:34-38

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Take for yourself fragrant perfumes--stacte resin and onycha and galbanum--fragrant perfumes and pure frankincense, {an equal part of each}, and make it into a compound of incense, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy. And you will grind part of it to powder, and you will put part of it before the testimony in the tent of assembly where I will meet with you; it will be a most holy thing to you.read more.
And the incense that you will make with its measurements you will not make for yourselves; it will be holy to you for Yahweh. Anyone who makes [any] like it to smell it will be cut off from his people."

Leviticus 5:11

" 'But if {he cannot afford} two turtledoves or two {young doves}, then, because he has sinned, he shall bring [as] his offering a tenth of an ephah [of] finely milled flour as a sin offering. He must not put oil on it, nor should he put frankincense on it, because it [is] a sin offering.

Genesis 8:20-21

And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from all the clean animals and from all the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

Leviticus 23:18

And, in addition to the bread, you shall present seven {yearling} male lambs without defects and one {young bull} and two rams--they shall be a burnt offering for Yahweh with their grain offering and their libations, an offering made by fire, an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

Isaiah 3:24

And this shall happen: There will be a stench instead of perfume, and a rope instead of a sash, and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo, and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe, branding instead of beauty.

Jeremiah 6:20

What [is] this to me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, and the precious spice reed from a distant land. Your burnt offerings [are] not {acceptable}, your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."

Song of Solomon 4:10-14

How beautiful is your love, my sister bride! How better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon. A garden locked [is] my sister bride, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.read more.
Your shoots [are] an orchard of pomegranates with {choice fruit}, henna with nard; nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon spice with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes with all chief spices.

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Song of Songs 4:11

Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.

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