Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will drop off. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOilOrchardsOlive Trees

Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilOintmentPerfumeClothing OneselfOuter GarmentsAnointing OneselfClean FacesEating And DrinkingPeople Made Known

During the year before each young woman’s turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months. Verse ConceptsMyrrhMarital SexFive Months And MoreOne YearMarital Sex BetweenYoung LadiesEtiquetteMonthsWomen's BeautyWomen's Rolesmakeupprocess

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.
Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHornsHorns VictoriousWild OxAnointed By GodUnicorns


Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersevil, believers' responses toSpeech, Positive Aspects OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansOlive OilAccepting Beatingsnegativityrebuking


The one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.
Verse Conceptsnagging

Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head. Verse ConceptsWhite And Bright ClothesAnointing OneselfWhite ClothsGarmentsBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women adore you.
Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

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How delightful your love is, my sister, my bride.
Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.
Verse ConceptsLove And WineA Time For Love

You went to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
Verse ConceptsFalse GodsAnointing, Social CustomenvoyPerfumeAttraction

They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

You will sow but not reap;
you will press olives
but not anoint yourself with oil;
and you will tread grapes
but not drink the wine.
Verse ConceptsCrushingGrapesHarvestOilOlivesSowing And ReapingSowing In VainNot Drinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Reaping What You SowTreading GrapesReaping What You Sow





As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Verse ConceptsArguingDissensionContentiousnessCharcoal

An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike. The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.








An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike. The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.



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The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:
Verse ConceptsThree Or Four

an unloved woman when she marries,
and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
Verse ConceptsConcubinesUnlovingA Good Husbandmistress


An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike. The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.