Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Bible References
Mourning
2 Samuel 11:26
And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.
Ruth 3:3
So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.
Psalm 104:15
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Matthew 6:17
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
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2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.
Luke 7:46
You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.