Thematic Bible: Not sacred


Thematic Bible



And when the appointed time of every damsel came that she should come to the king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months in the decking of the women - for their decking must have so much time, namely six months with Balm and Myrrh, and six months with good spices; so were the women beautified - Verse ConceptsMyrrhMarital SexFive Months And MoreOne YearMarital Sex BetweenYoung LadiesEtiquetteMonthsWomen's BeautyWomen's Rolesmakeupprocess

and that because of the good and pleasant savour. Thy name is sweet smelling ointment when it is shed forth; therefore do the maidens love thee. Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

O how fair are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse? Thy breasts are more pleasant than wine, and the smell of thine ointments passeth all spices. Verse ConceptsLove And WineA Time For Love

ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

And Hezekiah hearkened unto them and showed them all that was in the spicery house, and his silver and gold and odours and precious ointments and his armory and all that was found in his treasure: there was nothing in his house or in all his realm, that he showed them not. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesPride, Examples OfPride, OriginArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metalscredibility

Dead flies corrupt sweet ointment and make it to stink. Even so, oft times, he that hath been had in estimation for wisdom and honour is abhorred because of a little foolishness. Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs


When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, called nard, that was pure and costly, and she brake the box and poured it on his head. And there were some that were not content in themselves, and said, "What needed this waste of ointment? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and been given unto the poor." And they grudged against her.

Then took Mary a pound of ointment called nard, perfect and precious, and anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and all the house was filled of the savour of the ointment. Then said one of his disciples named Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which afterward betrayed him, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"

there came unto him a woman, which had an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the board. Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive