41 Bible Verses about Ointment

He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

"Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane, and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,

Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORDand worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

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!

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor."

There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.