Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anointing » Of the body
olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.
and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;
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,
And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.
And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
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.
And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.
Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
Thou -- thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou -- thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine -- and thou drinkest not wine.
Contention » Contentious people
and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Family » Infelicity in
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Women » Contentious women
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.