12 Bible Verses about Shoes

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Acts 7:30-35

When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight, and when he went up to look at it, the voice of the Lord said to him, 'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses was so terrified that he did not dare to look at the bush.read more.
Then the Lord said to him, 'Take your shoes off your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground. Because I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and heard their groans, I have come down to deliver them. So come! I will send you back to Egypt as my messenger.' That very Moses whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you our ruler and referee?' was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer, by the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

Mark 1:7

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

Luke 3:16

John expressly answered them all, "I am baptizing you in water only, but there is coming the One who is stronger than I am, whose shoestrings I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

John 1:27

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

Acts 13:25

As John was closing his career, he said, 'What do you take me to be? I am not the Christ; no, but He is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the shoes on His feet.'

Mark 6:9

they were to go with plain sandals on their feet and not to wear two shirts.

Acts 12:8

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

Luke 10:4

Do not carry a purse, a bag, or shoes, and do not stop to say 'Good morning' to anybody on the road.

Luke 15:22

But his father said to his slaves, 'Bring out at once a robe, yes, the finest one, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet;

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Shoes » Journey » Prohibited

Mark 6:9

they were to go with plain sandals on their feet and not to wear two shirts.

Luke 10:4

Do not carry a purse, a bag, or shoes, and do not stop to say 'Good morning' to anybody on the road.

Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints

Luke 15:22

But his father said to his slaves, 'Bring out at once a robe, yes, the finest one, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes 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

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

John 1:27

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

Shoes » Loosing of, for another a degrading office

John 1:27

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

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

they were to go with plain sandals on their feet and not to wear two shirts.

Acts 12:8

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat 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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