18 Bible Verses about Olive Oil

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Exodus 27:20

Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee - pure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light, - that the lamp may lift up its flame continually.

Leviticus 24:2

Command the sons of Israel, That they bring unto thee - pure oil olive, beaten, for giving light, - to cause the lamp to burn up continually.

Matthew 25:3

For, the foolish - though they took, their torches, took not with them, oil:

Exodus 29:2

and bread unleavened and cakes unleavened with oil poured over, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil, - of fine wheaten meal, shalt thou make them;

Leviticus 2:15

And thou shalt place thereon, oil and shalt put thereon, frankincense, - a meal-offering, it is.

Leviticus 6:15

Then shall one lift up therefrom a handful of the fine meal of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, - and shall make a perfume at the altar, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, shall the memorial thereof be, unto Yahweh.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said - By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse, - and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat it - and die!

Ezekiel 16:13

Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, And thy raiment was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work, Fine flour and honey and oil, didst thou eat, - And so thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, And didst attain unto royalty.

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

Zechariah 4:12

And I responded a second time, and said unto him, - What are the two branches of the olive- trees which join the two golden tubes, which empty out of them the golden oil?

Exodus 29:7

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his bead, - so shalt thou anoint him.

Exodus 30:25

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.

Exodus 37:29

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense, - the work of a perfumer.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him, - and said - Is it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader?

1 Chronicles 9:30

And, some from among the sons of the priests, were compounders of perfumes, with the spices.

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Olive oil » For anointing

1 Samuel 10:1

Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him, - and said - Is it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader?

Exodus 29:7

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his bead, - so shalt thou anoint him.

Exodus 30:25

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.

1 Chronicles 9:30

And, some from among the sons of the priests, were compounders of perfumes, with the spices.

More verses: Exodus 37:29

Olive oil » For food

1 Kings 17:12

And she said - By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse, - and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat it - and die!

Exodus 29:2

and bread unleavened and cakes unleavened with oil poured over, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil, - of fine wheaten meal, shalt thou make them;

Ezekiel 16:13

Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, And thy raiment was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work, Fine flour and honey and oil, didst thou eat, - And so thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, And didst attain unto royalty.

Leviticus 6:15

Then shall one lift up therefrom a handful of the fine meal of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, - and shall make a perfume at the altar, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, shall the memorial thereof be, unto Yahweh.

Leviticus 2:15

And thou shalt place thereon, oil and shalt put thereon, frankincense, - a meal-offering, it is.

Olive oil » Figuratively used

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

Zechariah 4:12

And I responded a second time, and said unto him, - What are the two branches of the olive- trees which join the two golden tubes, which empty out of them the golden oil?

Olive oil » For lamps

Exodus 27:20

Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee - pure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light, - that the lamp may lift up its flame continually.

Leviticus 24:2

Command the sons of Israel, That they bring unto thee - pure oil olive, beaten, for giving light, - to cause the lamp to burn up continually.

Matthew 25:3

For, the foolish - though they took, their torches, took not with them, oil:

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