Thematic Bible: Fragrant


Thematic Bible




“Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb];
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet and fragrant spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet and fragrant spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal amount of each— Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesDrugs

While He was in Bethany [as a guest] at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster vial of very costly and precious perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head. Verse ConceptsGuestsHeadsHospitality, Examples OfMealsOintmentPerfumeA Broken WomanTablesWitnessing, Approaches ToRecreationHospitality Towards ChristBoxesBreaking ContainersReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensiveReceiving Jesus As A Guest

Then Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair