28 Bible Verses about People Stripping Off

They cut off his head and stripped off his armor. Then they sent men throughout Philistine territory to tell the people this good news in their idols' temples.

The next day the Philistines came to strip the dead. They found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

You eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them! You break their bones, and chop them in pieces similar to the contents of a pot or a caldron.

Like the man does not wear a coat in winter, or like vinegar on soda, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

She realized that Shelah was now a grown man. She had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow's clothes and to cover her face with a veil. Then she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

After returning home, Tamar took off the veil and dressed in her widow's clothes again.

When Moses went into Jehovah's presence to speak with him, he took off the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

Aaron will go to the Tent of Meeting. He will take off the linen clothes he put on to go into the holy place, and leave them there.

Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing. He gave it to David along with his armor, including his sword, his bow and his belt.

He got up from the meal and laid aside his garments. He wrapped a towel around his waist.

That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat about him (for he was dressed only in undergarments), and jumped into the sea.

Jehovah will lay bare his holy arm (show his holy power) in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

Once the priests enter the Holy Place, they must not go out of the Holy Place into the outer courtyard until they leave behind the clothes that they wore as they served. These clothes are holy. The priests must put on other clothes. Then they can go into the area that is for the people.

When they go out among the people in the outer courtyard, they must take off the clothes that they wore as they served. They must leave their clothes in the side rooms of the holy place and put on other clothes so that they do not transfer the holiness from their clothes to the people.

The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.

Tremble you women who are at ease. Be troubled you complacent ones. Undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

The people heard this bad news and acted as if someone had died. No one wore any jewelry.

Jehovah said to Moses: Tell the Israelites: You are impossible to deal with. If I were with you, I might destroy you at any time. Take off your jewelry and I will decide what to do with you.

The Israelites no longer wore their jewelry after they left Mount Horeb.

David went home so he could ask Jehovah to bless his family. But Saul's daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him: You were really great today! She said. You acted like a dirty old man. You danced around half-naked in front of your servants' slave-girls.

Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt; uncover the leg and cross the rivers.

The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

You put away your former way (course) (behavior) (conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the lusts of deceit.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you got rid of the old self with its evil practices.

Not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, changed clothes. Everyone went armed to the water.