Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
General references
Bible References
Anoint
Ruth 3:3
So wash and anoint yourself [with olive oil], then put on your [best] clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but stay out of the man’s sight until he has finished eating and drinking.
2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there and told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has for many days been in mourning for the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothes always be white [with purity], and do not let the oil [of gladness] be lacking on your head.
Daniel 10:2
In those days I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.
General references
Luke 7:46 You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume.