Anointing

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• Luke 7:39 NT

  Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

• John 12:3 NT

  Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

• Revelation 3:18 NT

  I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

• Song of Solomon 4:10 OT

  How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

• 2 Kings 20:13 OT

  Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his…

• John 12:5 NT

  “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”

• Ecclesiastes 10:1 OT

  Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

• Ezekiel 27:17 OT

  “ ‘ “Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.

• Revelation 18:13 NT

  and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

• 2 Samuel 12:20 OT

  Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him, and he ate.

• 2 Samuel 14:2 OT

  Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

• Daniel 10:3 OT

  I ate no pleasant bread. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

• Luke 7:46 NT

  You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

• Ecclesiastes 9:7 OT

  Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

• Deuteronomy 28:40 OT

  You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

• Micah 6:15 OT

  You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.

• Matthew 6:17 NT

  But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

• Matthew 6:18 NT

  so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.