⁴⁶ You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.^(A)

⁸ Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.^(A)

¹⁷ But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

³ I had eaten no rich food, no meat or wine had entered my mouth, and I had not anointed myself at all, for the full three weeks.

² Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.^(A)

³ Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.^(A)