12 Bible Verses about Shoes
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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.
I immerse you in water, in order to repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
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.
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.
He it is, who, though he comes after me, is now before me; the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.
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.
but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.
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.
nor bag for your journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the laborer is worthy of his support.
and having your feet shod with that preparation for defense supplied by the gospel of peace;
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.
From Thematic Bible
Shoes » Journey » Prohibited
nor bag for your journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the laborer is worthy of his support.
but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.
Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints
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
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.
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
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
but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.
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
and having your feet shod with that preparation for defense supplied by the gospel of peace;
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
I immerse you in water, in order to repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: