Ecclesiastes 9:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head.

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  • Ps 23:5 : 5 Thou doest prepare a table before me in the sight of mine aduersaries: thou doest anoynt mine head with oyle, and my cuppe runneth ouer.
  • Dan 10:3 : 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint my selfe at all, till three weekes of dayes were fulfilled.
  • Amos 6:6 : 6 They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.
  • Matt 6:17 : 17 But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
  • Luke 7:46 : 46 Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.
  • Rev 3:4-5 : 4 Notwithstanding thou hast a few names yet in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shal walke with me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He that ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After these thinges I behelde, and loe a great multitude, which no man coulde number, of all nations and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stoode before the throne, and before the Lambe, clothed with long white robes, and palmes in their hands.
  • Rev 7:13-14 : 13 And one of the Elders spake, saying vnto me, What are these which are araied in log white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I saide vnto him, Lorde, thou knowest; he saide to me, These are they, which came out of great tribulation, and haue washed their long robes, and haue made their long robes white in the blood of the Lambe.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 ( Beholde, I come as a theefe. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, least hee walke naked, and men see his filthines)
  • Rev 19:8 : 8 And to her was granted, that she should be arayed with pure fine linnen and shining, for the fine linnen is the righteousnesse of Saintes.
  • Rev 19:14 : 14 And the hostes which werein heauen, followed him vpon white horses, clothed with fine linnen white and pure.
  • Ruth 3:3 : 3 Wash thy sellfe therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: let not the man know of thee, vntill he haue left eating and drinking.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Ioab sent to Tekoah, and brought thence a subtile woman, & sayd vnto her, I pray thee, fayne thy selfe to mourne, and nowe put on mourning apparel, & anoynt not thy selfe with oyle: but be as a woman that had now long time mourned for the dead.
  • 2 Sam 19:24 : 24 And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king, and had neither washed his feete, nor dressed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, vntill he returned in peace.
  • Esth 8:15 : 15 And Mordecai went out from the King in royall apparell of blewe, and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced and was glad.

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