16 Bible Verses about Olive Oil

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Exodus 27:20

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

Leviticus 24:2

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,

Matthew 25:3

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

Exodus 29:2

And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;

Leviticus 2:15

And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

Leviticus 6:15

The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

1 Kings 17:12

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

Ezekiel 16:13

So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

Zechariah 4:12

And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?

Exodus 30:25

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

Exodus 37:29

And he made the holy oil and the perfume of sweet spices for burning, after the art of the perfume-maker.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

1 Chronicles 9:30

And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.

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Olive oil » For anointing

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

Exodus 30:25

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.

1 Chronicles 9:30

And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.

More verses: Exodus 37:29

Olive oil » For food

1 Kings 17:12

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

Exodus 29:2

And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;

Ezekiel 16:13

So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

Leviticus 6:15

The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:15

And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

Olive oil » Figuratively used

Zechariah 4:12

And answering a second time, I said to him, What are these two olive branches, through whose gold pipes the oil is drained out?

Olive oil » For lamps

Exodus 27:20

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.

Leviticus 24:2

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,

Matthew 25:3

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

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