Thematic Bible: Of the rich


Thematic Bible




All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.
Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursAdornment, Of BuildingsAnointing With OilArtHerbs And SpicesIvoryMyrrhPerfumePlantsStringsSmellsTrees


“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


She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
Verse ConceptsClothembroideryMarriage, Customs ConcerningVirginWeddingsColorvirginity

and you took your embroidered clothing and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesIncense Offered Amiss

festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags, Verse ConceptsMantlesPursesRich ApparelDressDistinctive ClothingMoney Box


He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Verse ConceptsWealth

On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people. Verse ConceptsClothingJudgment SeatRobesThroneRich ApparelThe Time AppointedDistinctive Clothing

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing [entirely unsuited for the harsh wilderness]? Those who wear splendid clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces! Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfLuxuryPalacesRoyal HousesFine ClothesSoftnessWealthy Peopleroyalty


While I waste away like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten. Verse ConceptsDecayInsectsRiches, Description OfMothsTransient WorldPossessions DecayingFoul ClothesDrawbacks To RichesFinances

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing [entirely unsuited for the harsh desert]? Those who wear soft clothing are in the palaces of kings! Verse ConceptsPalacesProperty, HousesRich ApparelRoyal HousesFine ClothesSoftnessNature Of KingsWhy Do You Do This?

For if a person comes into your congregation whose hands are adorned with gold rings and who is wearing splendid apparel, and also a poor [man] in shabby clothes comes in, And you pay special attention to the one who wears the splendid clothes and say to him, Sit here in this preferable seat! while you tell the poor [man], Stand there! or, Sit there on the floor at my feet!