Thematic Bible: Girdles
Thematic Bible
Girdles » Used for » Strengthening the loins
Girdles » Worn upon the loins
Girdles » Used for » Girding up the garments when working
Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.
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he rose from table, laid aside his robe, and tied a towel round him,
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Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?
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Girdles » Made of » Gold
and in the middle of the lampstands One who resembled a human being, with a long robe, and a belt of gold round his breast;
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and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, robed in pure dazzling linen, their breasts encircled with golden belts.
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Girdles » Made of » Sackcloth
Girdles » Used for » Suspending the sword
Girdles » Used for » Girding up the garments when walking
Girdles » Illustrative of » Strength
Girdles » Made of » Leather
This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Girdles » Used for » Taken off when at rest
he rose from table, laid aside his robe, and tied a towel round him,
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Girdles » Used for » Holding money
you are not to take gold or silver or coppers in your girdle,
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and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle;
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Girdles » Worn by priests about the breasts
and in the middle of the lampstands One who resembled a human being, with a long robe, and a belt of gold round his breast;
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Truth
Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,
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