28 Bible Verses about Garments

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Zechariah 3:3

Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.

Zechariah 3:4

And the angel said to those who were standing before him, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And to him he said, "Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments."

Deuteronomy 22:5

"A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

Numbers 15:38

"Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

Isaiah 63:2

Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?

Psalm 22:18

they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

Deuteronomy 22:12

"You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.

Matthew 22:12

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.

Leviticus 19:19

"You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.

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Cloak » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Garments

Leviticus 13:59

This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.

Dress » Clothing » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

Garments » Often rent in affliction

Ezra 9:3

As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

Ezra 9:5

And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

2 Samuel 15:32

While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head.

Garments » Of the rich » Perfumed

Psalm 45:8

your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Garments » Were often fringed and bordered

Deuteronomy 22:12

"You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

Numbers 15:38

"Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Hyke or upper garment

Deuteronomy 24:13

You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Matthew 21:8

Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Garments » Called » Vesture

Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.

Garments » Called » Raiment

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

Garments » Cleansed by water from ceremonial uncleanness

Leviticus 11:32

And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

Numbers 31:20

You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."

Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Different colors

2 Samuel 13:18

Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.

Garments » Materials used for » Wool

Proverbs 27:26

the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field.

Garments » Called » Clothes

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?

Ezekiel 16:39

And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places. They shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewels and leave you naked and bare.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Bonnet or hat

Leviticus 8:13

And Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Daniel 3:21

Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.

Garments » Materials used for » Sackcloth

2 Samuel 3:31

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.

2 Kings 19:1

As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.

Garments » Materials used for » Linen

Leviticus 6:10

And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar.

Esther 8:15

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Garments » Worn long and flowing

Revelation 1:13

and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

Luke 20:46

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

Garments » Were often changed

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

Garments » Given as presents

2 Kings 5:22

And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"

Genesis 45:22

To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

Garments » Of the rich » Embroidered

Psalm 45:14

In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.

Ezekiel 16:18

And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Burnoose or cloak

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Girdle

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

Acts 21:11

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Scarlet

Daniel 5:7

The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."

2 Samuel 1:24

"You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

Garments » Origin of

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Purple

Ezekiel 7:27

The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

Garments » Grew old and wore out

Joshua 9:5

with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

Garments » Of the rich » Multiplied and heaped up

Isaiah 3:22

the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;

Job 27:17

he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Tunic or coat

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

John 21:7

That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

Garments » Of the rich » Gorgeous

Acts 12:21

On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.

Luke 7:25

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Shoe or sandal

Garments » Of the poor » Not to be retained in pledge

Deuteronomy 24:12-13

And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten

Job 13:28

Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Garments » Girt up during employment

John 13:4

rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.

Luke 17:8

Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'?

Garments » Called » Clothing

Job 22:6

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 31:19

if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,

Garments » Liable to plague and leprosy

Leviticus 13:47-59

"When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment, in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin, if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest. read more.
And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days. Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean. And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire. "And if the priest examines, and if the disease has not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days. And the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front. "But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof. Then if it appears again in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire whatever has the disease. But the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean." This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.

Garments » Of the poor » Used as a covering by night

Deuteronomy 24:13

You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Garments » Of the poor » Provided specially by God

Garments » Not to be made of mixed materials

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » White

Garments » Of the sexes, not to be interchanged

Deuteronomy 22:5

"A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

Garments » Of israel preserved for forty years

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.

Garments » Materials used for » Silk

Proverbs 31:22

She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Vail

Genesis 24:65

and said to the servant, "Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.

Garments » Materials used for » Skins

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawn in two,they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--

Garments » Illustrative » (washed in wine,) of abundance

Genesis 49:11

Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

Garments » Given as a token of covenants

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Blue

Ezekiel 23:6

clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

Garments » Of the rich » Of the finest materials

Matthew 11:8

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Garments » Scribes and pharisees condemned for making broad the borders of

Garments » Of those slain with a sword not used

Isaiah 14:19

but you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a dead body trampled underfoot.

Garments » Materials used for » Camel's hair

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Garments » Of the rich » Gay

James 2:2-3

For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet,"

Garments » Illustrative » (rolled in blood,) of victory

Isaiah 9:5

For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

Garments » Of the poor » Vile

James 2:2

For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean

Leviticus 13:53-54

"And if the priest examines, and if the disease has not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days.

Leviticus 13:58-59

But the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean." This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.

Leprosy » Garments » Incurably infected with, burned

Leviticus 13:51-52

Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean. And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire.

Leprosy » Garments » Infected with, to have the piece first torn out

Leviticus 13:56

"But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof.

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shown to priest

Leviticus 13:49

if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest.

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shut up seven days

Leviticus 13:50

And the priest shall examine the disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days.

Leprosy » Infected » Garments

Leviticus 13:47

"When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,

Linen » Garments » For men made of

Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.

Ezekiel 9:2

And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Linen » Garments » For women made of

Isaiah 3:23

the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

Ezekiel 16:10-13

I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. read more.
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

Presents » Things given as » Garments

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt.

Genesis 45:22

To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

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Garments Of Sin

Zechariah 3:3

Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.

Hair Garments

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Inner Garments

John 19:23

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

Outer Garments

Luke 22:36

He said to them, "But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.

Priests Garments

Exodus 31:10

and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,

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