1 Timothy 2:9
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9 also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
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1 Peter 3:3-5
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3 Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;(A) 4 rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.(B) 5 It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by being subject to their husbands.
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Titus 2:3-5
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3 Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,(A) 4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.(B)
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Psalm 149:4
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4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory.(A)
Jeremiah 4:30
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30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in crimson,
that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
Your lovers despise you;
they seek your life.(A)
Isaiah 3:16
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16 The Lord said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet;(A)
2 Kings 9:30
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Jezebel’s Violent Death
30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.(A)
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Matthew 6:28-29
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28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
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Jeremiah 2:32
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32 Can a young woman forget her ornaments
or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.(A)
Genesis 24:53
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53 And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold and garments and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.(A)
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Proverbs 7:10
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10 Then a woman comes toward him
decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.
Isaiah 3:18-24
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18 On that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;(A) 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs; 20 the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;(B) 21 the signet rings and nose rings;(C) 22 the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
and instead of a sash, a rope;
and instead of well-styled hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth;
instead of beauty, shame.[a](D)
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- 3.24 Q ms: MT lacks shame
Esther 5:1
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Esther’s Banquet
5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, opposite the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne inside the palace opposite the entrance to the palace.(A)
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Matthew 11:8
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8 What, then, did you go out to see? Someone[a] dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces.
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- 11.8 Or Why, then, did you go out? To see someone
Isaiah 61:4
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4 They shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.(A)
Proverbs 31:22
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22 She makes herself coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Psalm 45:13-14
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13 with all kinds of wealth.
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](A)
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(B)
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- 45.13 Or people.
All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing
Exodus 35:22-23
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22 So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and pendants, all sorts of gold objects, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And everyone who possessed blue or purple or crimson yarn or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or fine leather[a] brought them.(A)
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- 35.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 16:9-16
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9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off the blood from you and anointed you with oil. 10 I clothed you with embroidered cloth and with sandals of fine leather; I bound you in fine linen and covered you with rich fabric.[a] 11 I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck,(A) 12 a ring on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. 13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, rich fabric,[b] and embroidered cloth. You had choice flour and honey and oil for food. You grew exceedingly beautiful, fit to be a queen.(B) 14 Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my splendor that I had bestowed on you, says the Lord God.
15 But you trusted in your beauty and prostituted yourself because of your fame and lavished your prostitutions on any passer-by.[c](C) 16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful high places and on them prostituted yourself; nothing like this has ever been or ever shall be.[d](D)
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