Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anointing » Of the body
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will drop off.
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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.
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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 Concepts
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains man’s heart.
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.
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your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women
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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.
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You went to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
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They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
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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.
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Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
you will press olives
but not anoint yourself with oil;
and you will tread grapes
but not drink the wine.
Anointing » Ointment for » Richly perfumed
Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.
Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Verse Concepts
Bridegroom » Song of
You are absolutely beautiful, my darling, with no imperfection in you. Come with me from Lebanon, my bride- with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summit of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards. You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride. You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. read more.
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. Your lips drip [sweetness like] the honeycomb, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. My sister, my bride, [you are] a locked garden- a locked garden and a sealed spring. Your branches are a paradise of pomegranates with choicest fruits, henna with nard- nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices. [You are] a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming from Lebanon. Awaken, north wind- come, south wind. Blow on my garden, and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my love come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits.
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. Your lips drip [sweetness like] the honeycomb, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. My sister, my bride, [you are] a locked garden- a locked garden and a sealed spring. Your branches are a paradise of pomegranates with choicest fruits, henna with nard- nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices. [You are] a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming from Lebanon. Awaken, north wind- come, south wind. Blow on my garden, and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my love come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits.
Ointment » Not sacred
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 Concepts
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women
Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Hezekiah gave them a hearing and showed them his whole treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil—and his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head. But some were expressing indignation to one another: "Why has this fragrant oil been wasted? For this oil might have been sold for more than 300 denarii and given to the poor." And they began to scold her.
Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil-pure and expensive nard-anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray Him), said, "Why wasn't this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?"