What does the Bible say about perfume?

13 verses about perfume, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about perfume

John 12:3 — Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 9 votes
Ephesians 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 7 votes
Exodus 30:33 — Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 6 votes
Mark 14:3 — And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. 5 votes
2 Corinthians 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 5 votes
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. 4 votes
Luke 7:36 — And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 4 votes
Proverbs 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. 3 votes
Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 3 votes
John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 3 votes
Romans 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 3 votes
Exodus 30:25 — And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 2 votes
John 11:1 — Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 votes

Where these verses are

John (3), Exodus (2), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1)

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