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Bible Verses About Oil

This collection includes 50 passages about Oil. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

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Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

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Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

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And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

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And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

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For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

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And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

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Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

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Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

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And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

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There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

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The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

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They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

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And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

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He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

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And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

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And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

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That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

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And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

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But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

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Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

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Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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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.

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The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

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Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

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Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

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