The color purple

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• Revelation 17:4

  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

• Proverbs 31:22

  She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

• Luke 16:19

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

• Mark 15:20

  And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

• Mark 15:17

  And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

• Judges 8:26

  And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

• Acts 16:14

  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

• John 19:2

  And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• Numbers 4:13

  And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

• Esther 8:15

  And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

• Revelation 18:16

  And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

• John 19:5

  Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

• 1 Timothy 6:15

  Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

• Ezekiel 27:7

  Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

• Psalms 1:1–6

  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. …

• Revelation 18:12

  The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

• Revelation 19:16

  And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

• Exodus 25:4

  And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

• Isaiah 1:18

  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

• Ezekiel 23:6

  Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

• Ezekiel 27:16

  Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

• Daniel 5:29

  Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

• Exodus 26:1

  Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

• Song of Solomon 7:5

  Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

• Exodus 24:10

  And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

• Song of Solomon 3:10

  He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

• Ezekiel 1:26

  And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

• Daniel 5:16

  And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

• Revelation 6:2

  And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

• Psalms 52:8

  But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

• Revelation 19:8

  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

• Exodus 27:16

  And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

• Daniel 5:7

  The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 2:7

  Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

• Revelation 19:11–16

  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. …

• Jeremiah 10:9

  Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

• Exodus 26:36

  And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

• Psalms 51:7

  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

• Esther 1:6

  Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.