12 Bible Verses about Shoes

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Acts 7:30-35

And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight, and as he was drawing near to observe it, the voice of the Lord came to him: I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abra ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe it.read more.
Then said the Lord to him: Loose your shoes from your feet; for the place in which you stand is holy ground. I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt. This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

Mark 1:7

and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

John 1:27

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

Acts 13:25

And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

Mark 6:9

but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it- on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet.

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Shoes » Journey » Prohibited

Mark 6:9

but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.

Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it- on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet.

Shoes » The jews » Never wore, in mourning

Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition

Shoes » Illustrative » (thrown over a place,) of subjection

Shoes » The jews » Put off, when they entered sacred places

Shoes » Worn out by a long journey

Shoes » Bound round the feet with latchets or strings

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.

John 1:27

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

Shoes » Loosing of, for another a degrading office

John 1:27

He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

Shoes » Of ladies of distinction » Often highly ornamental

Shoes » Customs connected with » A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife disgraced by pulling off his shoes

Shoes » Called sandals

Mark 6:9

but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.

Acts 12:8

And the angel said to him: Gird your self, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.

Shoes » Often given as bribes

Shoes » Soles of, sometimes plated with brass or iron

Shoes » Of israel preserved for forty years, while journeying in the wilderness

Shoes » Illustrative » Of the preparation of the gospel

Shoes » Of ladies of distinction » Often made of badgers' skins

Shoes » Early use of

Shoes » The jews » Put on, before beginning a journey

Shoes » Bearing, for another a degrading office, only performed by slaves

Shoes » Of ladies of distinction » Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments

Shoes » Illustrative » (having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter

Shoes » Customs connected with » The right of redemption resigned by a man's giving one of his shoes to the next of kin

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