29 Bible Verses about Garments

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Zechariah 3:3

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel.

Zechariah 3:4

The angel spoke up to those standing all around, "Remove his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing."

Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor should a man dress up in women's clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the Lord your God.

Numbers 15:38

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners.

Psalm 133:2

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard -- Aaron's beard, and then flows down his garments.

John 19:23

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

Isaiah 63:2

Why are your clothes red? Why do you look like someone who has stomped on grapes in a vat?

Psalm 22:18

They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

Deuteronomy 22:12

You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

Matthew 22:12

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

Leviticus 19:19

You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

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Cloak » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat also.

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » Garments

Leviticus 13:59

This is the law of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

Dress » Clothing » Garments

Matthew 5:40

And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat also.

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

Garments » Often rent in affliction

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

Ezra 9:5

At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

2 Samuel 15:32

When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

Garments » Of the rich » Perfumed

Psalm 45:8

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

Song of Songs 4:11

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.

Garments » Were often fringed and bordered

Deuteronomy 22:12

You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear.

Numbers 15:38

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Hyke or upper garment

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Matthew 21:8

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. 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 own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Garments » Called » Raiment

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Garments » Cleansed by water from ceremonial uncleanness

Leviticus 11:32

Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean -- any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.

Numbers 31:20

You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat's hair, and everything made of wood."

Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Different colors

2 Samuel 13:18

(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.

Garments » Materials used for » Wool

Proverbs 27:26

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

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

Garments » Called » Clothes

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

Ezekiel 16:39

I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Bonnet or hat

Leviticus 8:13

Moses also brought forward Aaron's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Daniel 3:21

So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.

Garments » Materials used for » Sackcloth

2 Samuel 3:31

David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier.

2 Kings 19:1

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple.

Garments » Materials used for » Linen

Leviticus 6:10

Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, and he must place them beside the altar.

Esther 8:15

Now Mordecai went out from the king's presence in purple and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.

Garments » Worn long and flowing

Revelation 1:13

and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.

Luke 20:46

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Garments » Were often changed

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

Garments » Given as presents

2 Kings 5:22

He answered, "Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message, 'Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.'"

Genesis 45:22

He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes.

Garments » Of the rich » Embroidered

Psalm 45:14

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

Ezekiel 16:18

You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Burnoose or cloak

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

Luke 6:29

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Girdle

1 Samuel 18:4

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

Acts 21:11

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Scarlet

Daniel 5:7

The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

2 Samuel 1:24

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

Garments » Origin of

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Purple

Ezekiel 7:27

The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the Lord!"

Garments » Grew old and wore out

Joshua 9:5

They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.

Psalm 102:26

They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.

Garments » Of the rich » Multiplied and heaped up

Job 27:17

what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Tunic or coat

John 19:23

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

John 21:7

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, tucked in his outer garment (for he had nothing on underneath it), and plunged into the sea.

Garments » Of the rich » Gorgeous

Acts 12:21

On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

Luke 7:25

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes 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

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten

Job 13:28

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Garments » Girt up during employment

John 13:4

he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

Luke 17:8

Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

Garments » Called » Clothing

Job 22:6

"For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

Job 31:19

If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

Garments » Liable to plague and leprosy

Leviticus 13:47-59

"When a garment has a diseased infection in it, whether a wool or linen garment, or in the warp or woof of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, if the infection in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. read more.
The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather -- whatever the article into which the leather was made -- the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. But if the priest examines it and the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days. The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if the infection has not changed its appearance even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article. But if the priest has examined it and the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. Then if it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean." This is the law of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

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

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Garments » Of the poor » Provided specially by God

Garments » Not to be made of mixed materials

Deuteronomy 22:11

You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » White

Garments » Of the sexes, not to be interchanged

Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor should a man dress up in women's clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the Lord your God.

Garments » Of israel preserved for forty years

Deuteronomy 8:4

Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

Garments » Materials used for » Silk

Proverbs 31:22

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

Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Vail

Genesis 24:65

and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Garments » Materials used for » Skins

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

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

Genesis 49:11

Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Garments » Given as a token of covenants

1 Samuel 18:4

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

Garments » Colors of, mentioned » Blue

Ezekiel 23:6

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

Garments » Of the rich » Of the finest materials

Matthew 11:8

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!

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 have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

Garments » Materials used for » Camel's hair

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

Garments » Of the rich » Gay

James 2:2-3

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"?

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

Isaiah 9:5

Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire.

Garments » Of the poor » Vile

James 2:2

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

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

Leviticus 13:53-54

But if the priest examines it and the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days.

Leviticus 13:58-59

But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean." This is the law of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

Leprosy » Garments » Incurably infected with, burned

Leviticus 13:51-52

He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather -- whatever the article into which the leather was made -- the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire.

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

Leviticus 13:56

But if the priest has examined it and the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof.

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shown to priest

Leviticus 13:49

if the infection in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest.

Leprosy » Garments » Suspected of, shut up seven days

Leviticus 13:50

The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days.

Leprosy » Infected » Garments

Leviticus 13:47

"When a garment has a diseased infection in it, whether a wool or linen garment,

Linen » Garments » For men made of

Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

Ezekiel 9:2

Next, I noticed six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Linen » Garments » For women made of

Isaiah 3:23

garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.

Ezekiel 16:10-13

I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. read more.
You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

Presents » Things given as » Garments

1 Samuel 18:4

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

Genesis 45:22

He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes.

Topics on Garments

Garments Of Sin

Zechariah 3:3

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel.

Hair Garments

2 Kings 1:8

They replied, "He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist." The king said, "He is Elijah the Tishbite."

Inner Garments

John 19:23

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

Outer Garments

Luke 22:36

He said to them, "But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler's bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

Priests Garments

Exodus 31:10

the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests,

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