41 Bible Verses about Ointment

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Job 41:31

It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

Exodus 35:28

and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

Exodus 25:6

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,

Exodus 35:8

olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

Exodus 30:23-25

"Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that -- about six and a quarter pounds -- of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane, and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil. You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

2 Chronicles 16:14

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

Luke 23:56

Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Isaiah 3:20

headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,

Matthew 26:7

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

Mark 14:3

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

Luke 7:37

Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

Ruth 3:3

So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed oil, and get dressed up. Then go down to the threshing floor. But don't let the man know you're there until he finishes his meal.

Ezekiel 16:9

"'Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

2 Samuel 12:20

So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, "Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don't anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

Daniel 10:3

I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.

Exodus 30:32

It must not be applied to people's bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

Psalm 133:2

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard -- Aaron's beard, and then flows down his garments.

Luke 7:46

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

Matthew 26:12

When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

John 12:7

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

Genesis 50:2-3

Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Mark 16:1

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.

Luke 24:1

Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

John 19:39-40

Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.

Matthew 26:8-9

When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, "Why this waste? It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!"

Mark 14:4-5

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment? It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her.

Amos 6:6

They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

John 12:5

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Psalm 55:21

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

Luke 10:34

He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Jeremiah 8:22

There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

2 Chronicles 28:15

Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn't walk on donkeys. They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.

Jeremiah 51:8

But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

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Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment

John 12:4-6

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, "Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

Ointment » Not sacred

Esther 2:12

At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus -- for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women --

Song of Songs 1:3

The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!

Song of Songs 4:10

How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!

Amos 6:6

They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

2 Kings 20:13

Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

Ointment » Sacred » Formula for

Exodus 30:23-25

"Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that -- about six and a quarter pounds -- of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane, and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil. You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

Ointment » Sacred » Uses of

Exodus 30:26-33

"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base. read more.
So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy. "You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests. And you are to tell the Israelites: 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations. It must not be applied to people's bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you. Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.'"

Ointment » Remedies

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Ointment » Sacred » Compounded by bezaleel

Exodus 37:1

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.

Exodus 37:29

He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

Ointment » Not sacred » The alabaster container of

Matthew 26:7

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

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