9 Bible Verses about Earrings
Most Relevant Verses
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes. After that let us go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I have gone. So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.
Aaron replied: Have your wives, sons, and daughters take off the gold earrings they are wearing. Bring them to me. The people took off their gold earrings and handed them to Aaron. After he worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said: Israel, this is your god, who brought you out of Egypt.
He also said: Let me ask one thing of you. Every one of you must give me the earrings you took. (The Midianites wore gold earrings.) They answered: We will gladly give them to you. They spread out a cloth, and everyone put the earrings that he had taken on it. The gold earrings that Gideon got weighed over forty pounds. This did not include the ornaments, necklaces, and purple clothes that the kings of Midian wore. It also did not include the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
He also said: Let me ask one thing of you. Every one of you must give me the earrings you took. (The Midianites wore gold earrings.)
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise provider to a listening ear.
So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.
All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah.
From Thematic Bible
Adorning » Rich apparel » Earrings
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces.
So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.
Aaron replied: Have your wives, sons, and daughters take off the gold earrings they are wearing. Bring them to me.
All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah.
Gold » Was used for » Earrings
He also said: Let me ask one thing of you. Every one of you must give me the earrings you took. (The Midianites wore gold earrings.)
The gold earrings that Gideon got weighed over forty pounds. This did not include the ornaments, necklaces, and purple clothes that the kings of Midian wore. It also did not include the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
Idolatry » Objects of » Earrings
So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Earrings
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces.
So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.
Aaron replied: Have your wives, sons, and daughters take off the gold earrings they are wearing. Bring them to me.
All willing, men and women alike, brought all kinds of gold jewelry: pins, brooches, earrings, signet rings, and pendants. They offered these gifts of gold to Jehovah.
