CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Wearing</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/w/wearing.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/matthew/11-8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/w/wearing.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Wearing</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/w/weariness_from_sin.htm" title="Weariness from Sin">◄</a> Wearing <a href="/topical/w/wearing_earrings.htm" title="Wearing Earrings">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In the Bible, the concept of wearing encompasses various aspects, including clothing, adornment, and the symbolic significance of garments. Clothing in biblical times was not only a practical necessity but also held cultural, religious, and moral implications. Clothing in Biblical Times Clothing in ancient Israel and the surrounding regions was typically made from wool, linen, and occasionally leather. The garments worn by individuals often indicated their social status, occupation, and even their religious devotion. For example, priests wore specific garments as prescribed in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/28-2.htm">Exodus 28:2-4</a>): "Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for his consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest." Symbolism of Garments Garments in the Bible often carry symbolic meanings. For instance, white garments are frequently associated with purity and righteousness. In <a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5</a> , it is written: "Like them, the one who is victorious will be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels." This passage highlights the association of white clothing with spiritual victory and purity. Conversely, the tearing of garments was a common expression of grief, repentance, or distress. In <a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm">2 Samuel 1:11</a> , David and his men tore their clothes upon hearing of Saul and Jonathan's deaths: "Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same." Adornment and Modesty The Bible addresses the issue of adornment and modesty, particularly in the New Testament. In <a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</a> , Paul advises women on modesty: "Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God." This passage emphasizes the importance of inner beauty and good deeds over outward adornment. Similarly, <a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a> encourages a focus on inner character: "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight." Spiritual Armor The New Testament also uses the metaphor of clothing to describe spiritual readiness and protection. In <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11</a> , believers are instructed to "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes." This passage describes various elements of spiritual armor, such as the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness, symbolizing the virtues and defenses necessary for spiritual warfare. Conclusion The biblical perspective on wearing and clothing is multifaceted, encompassing practical, symbolic, and spiritual dimensions. Clothing serves as a reflection of one's identity, status, and spiritual condition, while also providing a metaphor for the virtues and protections essential to the Christian life.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wear.2. (n.) The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.3. (n.) That which is worn; clothes; garments.4. (a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4025.htm">4025. perithesis -- a putting around</a> ... ornaments). Word Origin from peritithemi Definition a putting around NASB Word Usage wearing (1). wearing. From peritithemi; a putting ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4025.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1131.htm">1131. gumnos -- naked, poorly clothed</a> ... naked, poorly clothed. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: gumnos Phonetic Spelling: (goom-nos') Short Definition: wearing only the under-garment, bare ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1131.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4016.htm">4016. periballo -- to throw around, put on</a> ... Origin from peri and ballo Definition to throw around, put on NASB Word Usage clothe (4), clothed (13), dressed (1), wear for clothing (1), wearing (2), wrap ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4016.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/1130.htm">1130. gumniteuo -- to be naked or poorly clothed</a> ... gumniteuo Phonetic Spelling: (goom-nayt-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I am poorly clad Definition: I am poorly clad; I am habitually wearing an under-garment only. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1130.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5440.htm">5440. phulakterion -- an outpost, fortification, an amulet</a> ... phylactery. Neuter of a derivative of phulasso; a guard-case, ie "phylactery" for wearing slips of Scripture texts -- phylactery. see GREEK phulasso. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5440.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4029.htm">4029. perikeimai -- to lie around</a> ... Word Origin from peri and keimai Definition to lie around NASB Word Usage beset (1), hung (2), surrounding (1), wearing (1). enclose, encircle, wear. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4029.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5409.htm">5409. phoreo -- to bear constantly, to wear</a> ... Word Origin from phero Definition to bear constantly, to wear NASB Word Usage bear (2), borne (1), wear (1), wearing (2). bear, wear. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5409.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1128.htm">1128. gumnazo -- to exercise naked, to train</a> ... 1128 (from 1131 , "to train, naked or wearing a loin cloth") -- properly, naked or lightly clad, as with an ancient Greek athlete in a sporting event ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1128.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5554.htm">5554. chrusodaktulios -- with a gold ring</a> ... with a gold ring. From chrusos and daktulios; gold-ringed, ie Wearing a golden finger-ring or similar jewelry -- with a gold ring. see GREEK chrusos. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5554.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4458.htm">4458. meltachah -- probably wardrobe, wearing apparel</a> ... 4457, 4458. meltachah. 4459 . probably wardrobe, wearing apparel. Transliteration: meltachah Phonetic Spelling: (mel-taw-khaw') Short Definition: wardrobe. ... /hebrew/4458.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm">1097. beli -- a wearing out</a> ... 1096, 1097. beli. 1098 . a wearing out. Transliteration: beli Phonetic Spelling: (bel-ee') Short Definition: without. Word Origin ... /hebrew/1097.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm">5999. amal -- trouble, labor, toil</a> ... grievance, iniquity, labor, mischief, misery, painful, perverseness, sorrow,. From amal; toil, ie Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. ... /hebrew/5999.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2296.htm">2296. chagar -- to gird, gird on, gird oneself</a> ... gird oneself NASB Word Usage armed (3), bound (1), come trembling (1), dressed* (1), gird (11), gird yourselves (2), girded (15), girds (3), put (4), wearing (3 ... /hebrew/2296.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm">5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take</a> ... sustain (2), swore* (12), sworn* (2), take (49), take away (1), taken (7), takes (3), took (37), towers (1), transporters* (1), upheaved (1), wearing (1), went ... /hebrew/5375.htm - 8k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/bible_study.htm">Bible Study.</a> ... Don't think of wearing them out. It is a rare thing to find a man wearing his Bible out now-a-days"and Bibles are cheap, too. ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/bible study.htm<a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_x_elchasais_mode_of_administering.htm">Elchasai's Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies.</a> ... of destruction, bite any man, or woman, or youth, or girl, or may worry or touch them, in the same hour let such a one run with all their wearing apparel, and ... /.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter x elchasais mode of administering.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_is_unlawful_to_3.htm">Whether it is Unlawful to Wear Divine Words at the Neck?</a> ... day? How then, if it does a man no good to have the Gospels in his ears, will he find salvation by wearing them round his neck? ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is unlawful to 3.htm<a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_88_on_dress.htm">On Dress</a> ... "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of " wearing of gold ... The wearing gay or costly apparel naturally tends to breed and to increase vanity. ... /.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 88 on dress.htm<a href="/library/orr/food_for_the_lambs_or_helps_for_young_christians/on_dress.htm">On Dress.</a> ... profess holiness. The putting on of apparel for adornment and the wearing of jewelry are not consistent with Christian modesty. The ... /.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/on dress.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_9_1863/the_procession_of_sorrow.htm">The Procession of Sorrow</a> ... Grant me only thus much of likeness: we have here a Prince with his bride, bearing his banner, and wearing his royal robes, traversing the streets of his own ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the procession of sorrow.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxxvii_the_world_the.htm">The World, the Flesh, and the Devil</a> ... their hair with gold dust that he calls it reddening their locks with flames of Gehenna.' Medi??val preachers used to attack the custom of wearing peaked boots ... /.../chapter xxxvii the world the.htm<a href="/library/cable/the_fulfilment_of_a_dream_of_pastor_hsis/chapter_xx_changed_conditions.htm">Changed Conditions</a> ... surprises. No man wearing a queue could enter the city. ... district. "Only those wearing the queue will be enlisted" was the, to us, amazing dictum. ... /.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xx changed conditions.htm<a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/excursus_on_the_vestments_of.htm">Excursus on the Vestments of the Early Church.</a> ... This fashion of wearing the stole of the deacon spread during the middle ages over nearly the whole of Italy and to the very gates of Rome. ... /.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/excursus on the vestments of.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_pallium/chapter_v_virtues_of_the_mantle.htm">Virtues of the Mantle. It Pleads in Its Own Defence.</a> ... In short, I will persistently ask your own conscience, What is your first sensation in wearing your gown? ... wearing a garment, or carrying it? ... /.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter v virtues of the mantle.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/wearing.htm">Wearing (43 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) That which is worn; clothes; garments. 4. (a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel. ...Wearing (43 Occurrences). ... /w/wearing.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/a/amulet.htm">Amulet</a> ... The practice of wearing amulets existed in the ancient world among all peoples, but especially among Orientals; and it can be traced among most modern nations ... /a/amulet.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/w/wear.htm">Wear (56 Occurrences)</a> ... (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment. ... A man wearing luxurious clothes? ... /w/wear.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/w/wardrobe.htm">Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes. ... /w/wardrobe.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/w/wore.htm">Wore (19 Occurrences)</a> ... (See RSV). Revelation 15:6 The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts. ... /w/wore.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/r/rings.htm">Rings (46 Occurrences)</a> ... James 2:2 For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes ... /r/rings.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/m/meetings.htm">Meetings (14 Occurrences)</a> ... James 2:2 For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes, (WEY ... /m/meetings.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/s/shabby.htm">Shabby (1 Occurrence)</a> ... James 2:2 For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes ... /s/shabby.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/r/robe.htm">Robe (142 Occurrences)</a> ... (BBE). Matthew 22:11 "Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe. (WEY BBE). ... /r/robe.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/p/pontius.htm">Pontius (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Probably connected with the Roman family of the Pontii, and called "Pilate" from the Latin pileatus, ie, "wearing the pileus", which was the "cap or badge of a ... /p/pontius.htm - 36k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/different-types-of-fabric.html">Why does the Bible speak against wearing clothing made of different types of fabric? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/hats-in-church.html">What does the Bible say about wearing hats in church? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/women-makeup.html">Should Christian women wear makeup or jewelry? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/wearing.htm">Wearing: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Wearing (43 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/11-8.htm">Matthew 11:8</a> But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses. (YLT)<a href="/matthew/22-11.htm">Matthew 22:11</a> "Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe. (WEY NIV)<a href="/matthew/22-12.htm">Matthew 22:12</a> and he said to him,'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. (WEB)<a href="/mark/6-9.htm">Mark 6:9</a> but to go wearing sandals. "And do not," He said, "put on an extra under garment. (WEY)<a href="/mark/14-51.htm">Mark 14:51</a> One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold, (WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/mark/16-5.htm">Mark 16:5</a> Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/7-25.htm">Luke 7:25</a> But what did you go out to see? A man wearing luxurious clothes? People who are gorgeously dressed and live in luxury are found in palaces. (WEY)<a href="/john/19-5.htm">John 19:5</a> Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/21-7.htm">John 21:7</a> This made the disciple whom Jesus loved say to Peter, "It is the Master." Simon Peter therefore, when he heard the words, "It is the Master," drew on his fisherman's shirt--for he had not been wearing it--put on his girdle, and sprang into the water. (WEY)<a href="/acts/12-21.htm">Acts 12:21</a> On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them. (See NIV)<a href="/acts/28-20.htm">Acts 28:20</a> For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain." (See NAS)<a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a> in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained. (See RSV)<a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Hebrews 2:9</a> But Jesus--who was made a little inferior to the angels in order that through God's grace He might taste death for every human being--we already see wearing a crown of glory and honour because of His having suffered death. (WEY)<a href="/james/2-2.htm">James 2:2</a> For suppose a man comes into one of your meetings wearing gold rings and fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man wearing shabby clothes, (WEY NIV)<a href="/james/2-3.htm">James 2:3</a> and you pay court to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, "Sit here; this is a good place;" while to the poor man you say, "Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;" (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3</a> Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a> After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. (See NIV)<a href="/revelation/15-6.htm">Revelation 15:6</a> The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts. (WEB)<a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Genesis 37:23</a> It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2</a> Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me." (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/16-32.htm">Leviticus 16:32</a> The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments. (See RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Deuteronomy 21:13</a> and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. (See NIV)<a href="/ruth/3-15.htm">Ruth 3:15</a> Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18</a> Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">1 Samuel 14:3</a> and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn't know that Jonathan was gone. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/18-4.htm">1 Samuel 18:4</a> Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14</a> David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm">2 Samuel 13:18</a> She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/13-19.htm">2 Samuel 13:19</a> Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">2 Samuel 20:8</a> When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">1 Kings 11:29</a> It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-30.htm">1 Kings 11:30</a> Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/1-8.htm">2 Kings 1:8</a> They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite." (WEB)<a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm">2 Kings 19:2</a> He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. (See NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1</a> Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them. (See NIV)<a href="/esther/1-11.htm">Esther 1:11</a> to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful. (See NIV)<a href="/esther/8-15.htm">Esther 8:15</a> Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. (See NIV)<a href="/job/14-12.htm">Job 14:12</a> And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep. (YLT)<a href="/songs/3-11.htm">Song of Songs 3:11</a> Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm">Isaiah 10:25</a> For yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Isaiah 37:2</a> And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4</a> Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. (See NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/w/wearing.htm">Wearing</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_earrings.htm">Wearing Earrings</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_hats.htm">Wearing Hats</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_jewelry.htm">Wearing Jewelry</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_makeup.htm">Wearing Makeup</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_mixed_linens.htm">Wearing Mixed Linens</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_pants.htm">Wearing Pants</a><a href="/topical/w/wearing_uniforms.htm">Wearing Uniforms</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/a/amulet.htm">Amulet</a><a href="/topical/w/wear.htm">Wear (56 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wardrobe.htm">Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wore.htm">Wore (19 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/rings.htm">Rings (46 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/meetings.htm">Meetings (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/shabby.htm">Shabby (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/r/robe.htm">Robe (142 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/pontius.htm">Pontius (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/garment.htm">Garment (143 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/clothes.htm">Clothes (208 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/ahijah.htm">Ahijah (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/meeting.htm">Meeting (323 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/crown.htm">Crown (94 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/suppose.htm">Suppose (47 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/gold.htm">Gold (429 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/clothing.htm">Clothing (288 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/ephod.htm">Ephod (45 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/high.htm">High (4559 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/weariness.htm">Weariness (44 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/hair.htm">Hair (135 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/rome.htm">Rome (12 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/y/youth.htm">Youth (169 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nakedness.htm">Nakedness (50 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/naked.htm">Naked (56 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nostrils.htm">Nostrils (22 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nose.htm">Nose (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/outward.htm">Outward (17 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/ornament.htm">Ornament (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/jewels.htm">Jewels (54 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/jewelry.htm">Jewelry (18 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/luxurious.htm">Luxurious (9 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/luxury.htm">Luxury (8 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/grate.htm">Grate (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/garments.htm">Garments (232 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/glad.htm">Glad (421 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/girdle.htm">Girdle (44 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/goatskins.htm">Goatskins (8 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/gird.htm">Gird (44 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wedding.htm">Wedding (24 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wool.htm">Wool (34 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/worn-out.htm">Worn-out (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wreath.htm">Wreath (21 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/waist.htm">Waist (36 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wearisome.htm">Wearisome (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wedding-robe.htm">Wedding-robe (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/i/ichabod.htm">Ichabod (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/inferior.htm">Inferior (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/i-chabod's.htm">I-chabod's (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/i/ich'abod's.htm">Ich'abod's (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/i/i-chabod.htm">I-chabod (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/ichabod's.htm">Ichabod's (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/f/fasting.htm">Fasting (34 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/f/fisherman's.htm">Fisherman's (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/f/flash.htm">Flash (19 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/tressing.htm">Tressing (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/t/thorns.htm">Thorns (56 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/tishbite.htm">Tishbite (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/robed.htm">Robed (9 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/ragged.htm">Ragged (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/r/ringed.htm">Ringed (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/external-braiding.htm">External-braiding (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/e/extra.htm">Extra (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/discovered.htm">Discovered (46 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/decoration.htm">Decoration (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/d/durable.htm">Durable (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/dinner.htm">Dinner (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/dresses.htm">Dresses (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/dance.htm">Dance (18 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/mourn.htm">Mourn (87 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/masquerade.htm">Masquerade (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/p/phylactery.htm">Phylactery</a><a href="/topical/p/pledge.htm">Pledge (55 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest (500 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/plaiting.htm">Plaiting (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/purple.htm">Purple (54 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/palaces.htm">Palaces (37 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bare.htm">Bare (250 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/braided.htm">Braided (10 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/w/weariness_from_sin.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Weariness from Sin"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Weariness from Sin" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/w/wearing_earrings.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Wearing Earrings"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Wearing Earrings" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>