40 Bible Verses about Ointment
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He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
and the aromatic spices, and the oil, - for giving light, and for anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
oil for giving light, - perfumes for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense;
and oil for giving light, and aromatic spices for the anointing oil, and for fragrant incense;
Thou, therefore, take to thee - principal spices, - self-flowing myrrh, five hundred, and fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; and, cassia, five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, - and, oil olive, a hin. And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer, - an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.
and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices - yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer's art, - and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.
And, returning, they made ready spices and perfumes. And, on the Sabbath, indeed, they were quiet, according to the commandment;
the chaplets and the armlets and the girdles, and the scent-cases, and the amulets;
there came unto him a woman, holding an alabaster-jar of costly perfume, and she poured it down upon his head, as he was reclining.
And, he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining, there came a woman, holding an alabaster-jar of perfume, pure spikenard, very costly; and breaking the jar she was pouring down the perfume , upon his head.
And, 1o! a woman, who indeed was in the city a sinner; and, when she found out that he was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, providing an alabaster-jar of perfume,
Thou wilt, therefore, bathe thee, and anoint thee, and put thine apparel upon thee, and go down to the threshing-floor, - do not make thyself known to the man, until he have done eating and drinking.
And I bathed thee in water, and rinsed thy blood from off thee, And anointed thee with oil;
And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, - And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.
Then David arose from the ground, and bathed and anointed, and changed his apparel, and, entering into the house of Yahweh, bowed himself down, - then came he into his own house, and asked, and they set before him food, and he did eat.
So Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from thence, a wise woman, - and said unto her - I pray thee, feign thyself a mourner, and put on, I pray thee, mourning apparel, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath, these many days, been mourning for the dead;
food to delight in, did I not eat, neither flesh nor wine, came into my mouth, nor did I so much as, anoint, myself, - until were fulfilled three sevens of days.
Upon the flesh of a common man, shall it not be poured, and according to the proportions thereof, shall ye not make any like it, - holy, it is, holy, shall it be to you.
Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over.
With oil, my head, thou didst not anoint, - but, she, with perfume, hath anointed, my feet.
For, she, pouring this perfume upon my body, so as to prepare me for burial, did it.
What she had, she used, - She took it beforehand to anoint my body for the burial;
Jesus, therefore, said - Let her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it;
Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father, - so the physicians embalmed Israel. And they fulfilled for him forty days, for so, are they wont to fulfil the days of the embalmed, - and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
And, the Sabbath having passed, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint him.
but, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, unto the tomb, came they, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
There came, moreover, Nicodemus also, - he that came unto him by night at the first, - bearing a roll of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight. So they received the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen-bandages with the spices, - just as it is, a custom, with the Jews to prepare for burial.
And the disciples, seeing it, were greatly displeased, saying - To what end, this loss? For this could have been sold for much, and given to the destitute.
But there were some much displeased among themselves - To what end hath, this waste of the perfume happened? For this perfume could have been sold for above three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute! and they were indignant with her.
A needy man, shall he be that loveth merriment, the lover of wine and oil, shall not become rich.
Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves, - and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph: -
Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute?
From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.
Smoother than curds, were the words of his mouth, But, war, was in his heart, - Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were drawn swords!
and, coming near, bound up his bruises, pouring thereon oil and wine, - and, setting him on his own beast, brought him into an inn, and took care of him.
Balsam, is there none, in Gilead? Is there no physician, there? Why hath not appeared the healing of the daughter of my people?
Then rose up the men who have been expressed by name - and took the captives, and, all who were naked among them, clothed they out of the spoil, and arrayed them and sandalled them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and conducted them with asses for every one that was exhausted, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, near unto their brethren, - and then returned to Samaria.
Go up to Gilead and fetch balsam, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain, hast thou multiplied remedies, Healing, there is none for thee.
Suddenly, hath Babylon fallen and been broken, - Howl ye over her Fetch balsam for her pain, Peradventure she shall be healed!
From Thematic Bible
Disease » Remedies » Ointment
From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.
Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
ButJudas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he that was about to deliver him up, saith - Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute? Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.
Ointment » Not sacred
Now, when the turn of each maiden came, to go in unto King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law of the women for twelve months, for, so, were filled the days of their purification, - six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with things for the purification of the women,
Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.
How beautiful are thy caresses, my sister, bride, - how much more delightful thy caresses, than wine, and the fragrance of thine oils, than all spices:
Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves, - and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph: -
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all his house of precious things - the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and his armoury, and all that was found among his treasures, - there was, nothing, that Hezekiah shewed them not, in his house or in all his dominion.
Ointment » Sacred » Formula for
Thou, therefore, take to thee - principal spices, - self-flowing myrrh, five hundred, and fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty; and, cassia, five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, - and, oil olive, a hin. And thou shalt make it an oil for holy anointing, a compounded perfume the work of a perfumer, - an oil for holy anointing, shall it be.
Ointment » Sacred » Uses of
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, - and the ark of the testimony; and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand, and its utensils, - and the incense altar, and the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, and all its utensils,-and the laver, and its stand. read more.
So shalt thou hallow them, and they shall be most holy, - whosoever toucheth them, shall be holy. Aaron also, and his sons, shalt thou anoint, - so shalt thou hallow them to minister as priests unto me. And unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying, An oil for holy anointing, shall this be to me, to your generations. Upon the flesh of a common man, shall it not be poured, and according to the proportions thereof, shall ye not make any like it, - holy, it is, holy, shall it be to you. Whosoever compoundeth any like it, and whosoever bestoweth thereof upon a stranger, shall he out off from among his people.
Ointment » Remedies
From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.
Ointment » Sacred » Compounded by bezaleel
And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof;
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense, - the work of a perfumer.
Ointment » Not sacred » The alabaster container of
there came unto him a woman, holding an alabaster-jar of costly perfume, and she poured it down upon his head, as he was reclining.