29 Bible Verses about Garments

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Zechariah 3:3

And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments, and he stood before the messenger.

Zechariah 3:4

And he will answer and say to them standing before him, saying, Remove the filthy garments from off him, And he will say to him, See, I caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and clothed thee with festive garments.

Deuteronomy 22:5

The equipment of a man shall not be upon a woman, and a man shall not put on a woman's garment, for all doing these things are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

In all time thy garments shall be white; and ointment shall not be wanting upon thy head.

Numbers 15:38

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, They made to them fringes of flowers upon the wings of their garment for their generations; and they gave upon the fringes of the wing a thread of cerulean purple;

Matthew 23:5

And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments

Psalm 133:2

As good oil upon the head, going down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron: coming down upon the mouth of his garments:

John 19:23

Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part: and also the coat: and the coat was unsewn through the whole, having been woven from above.

Isaiah 63:2

Wherefore red to thine attire, and thy garments as he treading in the wine press?

Psalm 22:18

They will divide my garments to them, and upon my clothing they will cast the lot

Matthew 27:35

And having crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lot: that that spoken by the prophet might be filled up: They divided among them my garments, and upon my clothing they cast lot.

Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make to thee twisted threads upon the four wings of thy covering with which thou shalt be covered.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not be for a garment, and they shall not be covered with their works: their works the works of vanity, and the work of violence in their hands.

Matthew 22:12

And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled.

Leviticus 19:19

My laws shall ye watch: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with two diverse kinds: thy field thou shalt not sow with two diverse kinds; and a garment of two diverse kinds (of linen and woolen) shall not come upon thee.

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Cloak » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And to him wishing to be judged with thee, and to take thy coat, let go to him also thy garment.

2 Timothy 4:13

The cloak which I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring, and the books, chiefly the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To him striking thee upon the cheek hold also near the other; and from him taking away thy garments, and thou shouldest not retrench thy coat.

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Garments

Leviticus 13:59

This the law of the stroke of leprosy of the garment of wool, or of linen, or the warp or the woof, or every vessel of skin, to cleanse it or to defile it

Dress » Clothing » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And to him wishing to be judged with thee, and to take thy coat, let go to him also thy garment.

2 Timothy 4:13

The cloak which I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring, and the books, chiefly the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To him striking thee upon the cheek hold also near the other; and from him taking away thy garments, and thou shouldest not retrench thy coat.

Garments » Often rent in affliction

Ezra 9:3

And in my hearing this word I rent my garment and my robe, and I shall pluck off from the hair of my head and my beard, and I shall sit down, being astonished.

Ezra 9:5

And at the sacrifice of the evening I rose up from my humbling; and in my rending my garment and my robe and I shall bend upon my knees and spread forth my hands to Jehovah my God.

2 Samuel 15:32

And it will be David came even to the head where he will worship there to God, and behold, to his meeting, Hushai the Archite, his tunic rent and earth upon his head.

Garments » Of the rich » Perfumed

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, all thy garments, from the temples of ivory, by which they gladdened thee.

Song of Songs 4:11

Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon.

Garments » Were often fringed and bordered

Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make to thee twisted threads upon the four wings of thy covering with which thou shalt be covered.

Numbers 15:38

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, They made to them fringes of flowers upon the wings of their garment for their generations; and they gave upon the fringes of the wing a thread of cerulean purple;

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Hyke or upper garment

Deuteronomy 24:13

Turning back, thou shalt turn back to him the pledge as the sun went down; he lay down in his garment and blessed thee; and to thee shall be justice before Jehovah thy God.

Matthew 21:8

And a very great crowd strewed their garments in the way; and others cut down young shoots from the trees, and strewed in the way.

Garments » Called » Vesture

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh will remove his signet ring from his hand, and will give it upon Joseph's hand; and will put upon him a white garment, and will put a gold collar about his neck.

Garments » Called » Raiment

Deuteronomy 8:4

Thy garments decayed not from thee, and thy feet swelled not this forty years.

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob will vow a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will preserve me in this way which I went, and gave to me bread to eat, and covering to put on,

Garments » Cleansed by water from ceremonial uncleanness

Leviticus 11:32

And all which shall fall from them upon it in their dying, shall be unclean; from all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel which work shall be done in them, into water shall it go, and be unclean till the evening: and it shall be clean.

Numbers 31:20

And every garment and every vessel of skin, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel of wood, ye shall purify.

Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness

Revelation 3:18

I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Different colors

2 Samuel 13:18

And upon her a tunic reaching to the soles of the feet; for thus will the king's daughters, the virgins, be clothed with upper garments. And his attendant will bring her forth without, and he fastened the door after

Garments » Materials used for » Wool

Proverbs 27:26

Lambs for thy clothing, and the he goats the price of the field.

Garments » Called » Clothes

Proverbs 6:27

A man taking fire in his bosom, shall his garments not be burnt?

Ezekiel 16:39

And I gave thee into their hand, and they pulled down thy brothel, and they broke down thy heights, and they stripped thee of thy garments, and they took all thy glory, and they left thee naked and nakedness.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Bonnet or hat

Leviticus 8:13

And Moses will bring near the sons of Aaron, and he will put tunics upon them, and he will gird on them with the girdle and he will bind to them caps; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Daniel 3:21

Then these men were bound in their wide trowsers, their tunics, and their mantles, and their clothing, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of flaming fire.

Garments » Materials used for » Sackcloth

2 Samuel 3:31

And David will say to Joab and to all the people which were with him, Rend your garments and gird you with sack-cloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David went after the litter.

2 Kings 19:1

And it will be when king Hezekiah heard and he will rend his garments and cover himself with sackcloth, and go into the house of Jehovah.

Garments » Materials used for » Linen

Leviticus 6:10

And the priest put on his garment of thread, and his drawers of thread he shall put upon his flesh, and he took up the ashes which the fire shall consume, with the burnt-offering upon the altar, and he put it beside the altar.

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went forth from before the king in clothing of the kingdom, cerulean purple, and white, and a great crown of gold, and a wide robe of byssus and purple: and the city Shushan shouted and was glad:

Garments » Worn long and flowing

Revelation 1:13

And in the midst of the seven chandeliers one like to the Son of man, dressed in a garment descending to the feet, and girded at the breast with a golden girdle.

Luke 20:46

Hold from the scribes, wishing to walk about in robes, and loving greetings in the markets, and precedencies in assemblies, and the first places at tables at suppers;

Garments » Were often changed

Genesis 35:2

And Jacob will say to his house, and to all which are with him, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.

Genesis 41:14

And Pharaoh will send and call Joseph, and they will cause him to run from the pit; and he will be shaved and will change his garments; and he will come to Pharaoh.

Garments » Given as presents

2 Kings 5:22

And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments?

Genesis 45:22

To all of them he gave, to each, changes of garments: and to Benjamin he gave three hundred of silver and five changes of garments.

Garments » Of the rich » Embroidered

Psalm 45:14

With variegation she shall be brought to the King; the virgins after her, her companions, being brought to thee.

Ezekiel 16:18

And thou wilt take thy garments of variegations and cover them: and thou gavest mine oil and mine incense before them.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Burnoose or cloak

2 Timothy 4:13

The cloak which I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring, and the books, chiefly the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To him striking thee upon the cheek hold also near the other; and from him taking away thy garments, and thou shouldest not retrench thy coat.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Girdle

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan will strip off the upper garment which is upon him and will give it to David, and his garments, and even to his sword, and even to his bow, and even to his girdle.

Acts 21:11

And having come to us, and lifted up Paul's girdle, and bound his hands and feet, he said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle, shall the Jews so bind in Jerusalem, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the nations.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Scarlet

Daniel 5:7

The king called with strength to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise of Babel, Whatever man that shall read this writing, and will show to me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold upon his neck, and shall rule the third in the kingdom.

2 Samuel 1:24

Daughters of Israel weep for Saul, having clothed you with scarlet, with delights; bringing up ornaments of gold upon your garments.

Garments » Origin of

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Purple

Ezekiel 7:27

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall put on desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble: from their way will I do with them, and with their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Garments » Grew old and wore out

Joshua 9:5

And shoes worn out and mended, upon their feet, and garments worn out upon them; and all the bread of their food dry; it was crumbs.

Psalm 102:26

They shall perish and thou shalt stand. And all they shall fall away as a garment; as clothing thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

Garments » Of the rich » Multiplied and heaped up

Isaiah 3:22

The costly garments and the cloaks, and the mantles, and the caskets.

Job 27:17

He shall prepare, and the just shall put on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Tunic or coat

John 19:23

Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part: and also the coat: and the coat was unsewn through the whole, having been woven from above.

John 21:7

Then that disciple says, whom Jesus loved, to Peter, It is the Lord. Then Simon Peter having heard that it is the Lord, girded round the upper garment, (for he was naked,) and cast himself into the sea.

Garments » Of the rich » Gorgeous

Acts 12:21

And upon a fixed day, Herod, having put on royal apparel, and having sat upon the judgment seat, harangued them.

Luke 7:25

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those in glorious clothing, and being in luxury, are in royal abodes.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Shoe or sandal

Exodus 3:5

And he will say, Thou shalt not draw near hither; draw off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place which thou standest upon it, this is holy land.

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

Deuteronomy 24:12-13

And if the man be poor, he shall not sleep with his pledge. Turning back, thou shalt turn back to him the pledge as the sun went down; he lay down in his garment and blessed thee; and to thee shall be justice before Jehovah thy God.

Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten

Job 13:28

And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.

Garments » Girt up during employment

John 13:4

He arises from supper, and lays down the garments; and having taken a linen cloth, he girded himself.

Luke 17:8

But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup, and, being girded, serve me, till I eat and drink; and after these, thou mayest eat and drink?

Garments » Called » Clothing

Job 22:6

For thou wilt take a pledge of thy brethren, in vain, and the garments of the naked thou wilt strip of

Job 31:19

If I shall see one perishing from not being clothed, and no covering to the needy;

Garments » Liable to plague and leprosy

Leviticus 13:47-59

When a garment the stroke of leprosy shall be in it, whether in the garment of wool or in the garment of linen; Or in the warp, or in the woof, to the linen or to the wool: or in the skin, or in any work of skin: And the stroke was greenish, or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is the stroke of leprosy, and it was seen to the priest read more.
And the priest saw the stroke, and shut up the stroke seven days. And he saw the stroke in the seventh day: when the stroke spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, and all which made of skin for work; the stroke a painful leprosy; it unclean. And he burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or in wool, or in linen, or any vessel of skin which shall be in it the stroke: for it a painful leprosy; in fire shall it be burnt And if the priest shall see, and behold, the stroke spread not in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; And the priest commanded, and they washed that in which was the stroke, and he shut it up seven days, the second time. And the priest saw after the washing, the stroke, and behold, the stroke turned not its eye, and the stroke spread not; it unclean; in fire thou shalt burn it; it a hollow in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front And if the priest saw, and behold, the stroke dim after washing it: he rent it out of the garment or from the skin, or from the warp, or from the woof. And if it shall be seen still in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is breaking out: in the fire thou shalt burn it, that in which is the stroke. And the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou shalt wash, and the stroke departed from them, and it was washed the second time, and it was clean. This the law of the stroke of leprosy of the garment of wool, or of linen, or the warp or the woof, or every vessel of skin, to cleanse it or to defile it

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

Deuteronomy 24:13

Turning back, thou shalt turn back to him the pledge as the sun went down; he lay down in his garment and blessed thee; and to thee shall be justice before Jehovah thy God.

Garments » Of the poor » Provided specially by God

Garments » Not to be made of mixed materials

Deuteronomy 22:11

Thou shalt not put on any thing adulterated, wool and linen together.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » White

Ecclesiastes 9:8

In all time thy garments shall be white; and ointment shall not be wanting upon thy head.

Garments » Of the sexes, not to be interchanged

Deuteronomy 22:5

The equipment of a man shall not be upon a woman, and a man shall not put on a woman's garment, for all doing these things are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Garments » Of israel preserved for forty years

Deuteronomy 8:4

Thy garments decayed not from thee, and thy feet swelled not this forty years.

Garments » Materials used for » Silk

Proverbs 31:22

She made for herself coverings; byssus and purple her clothing.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Vail

Genesis 24:65

And she will say to the servant, Who this man going in the field to meet us? And the servant will say, He is my lord: and she will take a covering and cover herself.

Garments » Materials used for » Skins

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were cut by sawing, they were tried, they died by the slaughter of the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being in want, pressed, treated ill;

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

Genesis 49:11

Binding his colt to the vine, and to the purple vine the son of the she-ass; he washed in wine his garment, and his clothing in the blood of grapes.

Garments » Given as a token of covenants

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan will strip off the upper garment which is upon him and will give it to David, and his garments, and even to his sword, and even to his bow, and even to his girdle.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Blue

Ezekiel 23:6

Putting on cerulean purple, prefects and governors, young men of desire all of them, horsemen riding horses.

Garments » Of the rich » Of the finest materials

Matthew 11:8

But what went ye out to see? A man clad in soft garments? but they having soft things are in king's houses.

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

Matthew 23:5

And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments

Garments » Of those slain with a sword not used

Isaiah 14:19

And thou wert east out of thy grave as a sprout abhorred, a garment of the slain thrust through with the sword, and going down to the stones of the pit as a corpse trodden down.

Garments » Materials used for » Camel's hair

Matthew 3:4

And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Garments » Of the rich » Gay

James 2:2-3

For if there come into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings on is fingers, in brilliant clothing, and there come in also a beggar in filthy clothing; And ye look toward him bearing the brilliant clothing, and ye say to him, Sit thou well here; and to the beggar ye say, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

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

Isaiah 9:5

For every shoe of the shod with trembling, and a garment being rolled in bloods; and it was for burning the food of fire.

Garments » Of the poor » Vile

James 2:2

For if there come into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings on is fingers, in brilliant clothing, and there come in also a beggar in filthy clothing;

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

Leviticus 13:53-54

And if the priest shall see, and behold, the stroke spread not in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; And the priest commanded, and they washed that in which was the stroke, and he shut it up seven days, the second time.

Leviticus 13:58-59

And the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou shalt wash, and the stroke departed from them, and it was washed the second time, and it was clean. This the law of the stroke of leprosy of the garment of wool, or of linen, or the warp or the woof, or every vessel of skin, to cleanse it or to defile it

Leprosy » Garments » Incurably infected with, burned

Leviticus 13:51-52

And he saw the stroke in the seventh day: when the stroke spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, and all which made of skin for work; the stroke a painful leprosy; it unclean. And he burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or in wool, or in linen, or any vessel of skin which shall be in it the stroke: for it a painful leprosy; in fire shall it be burnt

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

Leviticus 13:56

And if the priest saw, and behold, the stroke dim after washing it: he rent it out of the garment or from the skin, or from the warp, or from the woof.

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shown to priest

Leviticus 13:49

And the stroke was greenish, or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is the stroke of leprosy, and it was seen to the priest

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shut up seven days

Leviticus 13:50

And the priest saw the stroke, and shut up the stroke seven days.

Leprosy » Infected » Garments

Leviticus 13:47

When a garment the stroke of leprosy shall be in it, whether in the garment of wool or in the garment of linen;

Linen » Garments » For men made of

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh will remove his signet ring from his hand, and will give it upon Joseph's hand; and will put upon him a white garment, and will put a gold collar about his neck.

Ezekiel 9:2

And behold, six men coming from the way of the highest gate which looking to the north, and each a weapon of smiting in pieces in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed with linen, an inkhorn of the scribe upon his loins: and they will come and stand by the altar of brass.

Linen » Garments » For women made of

Isaiah 3:23

The mirrors and the shirts and the turbans and the veils.

Ezekiel 16:10-13

And I will clothe thee with variegations, and shoe thee with tahash, and I will bind thee round with fine linen, and cover thee with silk. And I shall deck thee with ornaments, and I shall give bracelets upon thy hands and a chain upon thy throat And I will give a ring upon thy nose, and earrings for thine ears, and a crown of glory upon thy head. read more.
And thou shalt be decked with gold and silver, and thy clothing fine linen and silk, and variegation; fine flour and honey and oil thou didst eat; and thou wilt be fair, very exceedingly, and thou wilt prosper into a kingdom.

Presents » Things given as » Garments

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan will strip off the upper garment which is upon him and will give it to David, and his garments, and even to his sword, and even to his bow, and even to his girdle.

Genesis 45:22

To all of them he gave, to each, changes of garments: and to Benjamin he gave three hundred of silver and five changes of garments.

Topics on Garments

Garments Of Sin

Zechariah 3:3

And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments, and he stood before the messenger.

Hair Garments

2 Kings 1:8

And they will say to him, A man possessing hair, girded with a girdle of skin upon his loins. And he will say, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Inner Garments

John 19:23

Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part: and also the coat: and the coat was unsewn through the whole, having been woven from above.

Outer Garments

Luke 22:36

Then said he to them, But now, he having a purse, let him take up, and likewise a wallet: and he not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword.

Priests Garments

Exodus 31:10

And the garments of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to be priests,

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