1 Kings 10:10
10:10 She gave the king 120 talents
of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.
1 Kings 10:15
10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants,
traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
1 Kings 10:25
10:25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
1 Kings 10:2
10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem
with a great display of pomp,
bringing with her camels carrying spices,
a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
1 Kings 9:9
9:9 Others will then answer,
‘Because they abandoned the
Lord their God, who led their ancestors
out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.
That is why the
Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
Proverbs 7:17
7:17 I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
The Song of Songs 1:3
1:3 The fragrance of your colognes is delightful;
your name is like the finest perfume.
No wonder the young women adore you!
The Song of Songs 4:13-14
4:13 Your shoots are a royal garden full of pomegranates
with choice fruits:
henna with nard,
4:14 nard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice,
myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.
The Song of Songs 5:5
5:5 I arose to open for my beloved;
my hands dripped with myrrh –
my fingers flowed with myrrh
on the handles of the lock.
Amos 6:6
6:6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls,
and pour the very best oils on themselves.
Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
John 12:3-8
12:3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound
of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus. She
then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him)
said,
12:5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins
and the money
given to the poor?”
12:6 (Now Judas
said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box,
he used to steal what was put into it.)
12:7 So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”