Thematic Bible: Not sacred


Thematic Bible



And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her -- according to the law of the women -- twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women, Verse ConceptsMyrrhMarital SexFive Months And MoreOne YearMarital Sex BetweenYoung LadiesEtiquetteMonthsWomen's BeautyWomen's Rolesmakeupprocess

For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee! Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices. Verse ConceptsLove And WineA Time For Love

Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

and Hezekiah hearkeneth unto them, and sheweth them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasuries; there hath not been a thing that Hezekiah hath not shewed them, in his house, and in all his dominion. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesPride, Examples OfPride, OriginArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metalscredibility

Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly! Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs


And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head; and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made? for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment. Therefore saith one of his disciples -- Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up -- 'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive