Garments
60 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
36 sections
- (Rolled in Blood) Victory
- (Washed in Wine) Abundance
- (White) Righteousness
- Bonnet or Hat
- Burnouse or Cloak
- Called: Clothes
- Called: Clothing
- Called: Raiment
- Called: Vesture
- Cleansed by Water from Ceremonial Uncleanness
- Colours of, Mentioned: Blue
- Colours of, Mentioned: Different Colours
- Colours of, Mentioned: Purple
- Colours of, Mentioned: Scarlet
- Colours of, Mentioned: White
- Girdle
- Girt up During Employment
- Given As a Token of Covenants
- Given As Presents
- Grew Old and Wore Out
- Hyke or Upper Garment
- Liable to Plague and Leprosy
- Materials Used for Camel's Hair
- Materials Used for Linen
- Materials Used for Sackcloth
- Materials Used for Silk
- Materials Used for Skins
- Materials Used for Wool
- Not to be Made of Mixed Materials
- Often Rent in Affliction
- Origin of
- Scribes and Pharisees Condemned for Making Broad the Borders
- Shoe or Sandal
- Tunic or Coat
- Vail
- Worn Long and Flowing
(Rolled in Blood) Victory
- Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
(Washed in Wine) Abundance
- Genesis 49:11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
(White) Righteousness
- Matthew 28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
- Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Bonnet or Hat
- Leviticus 8:13 Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Daniel 3:21 So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Burnouse or Cloak
- Luke 6:29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- 2 Timothy 4:13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
Called: Clothes
- Proverbs 6:27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
- Ezekiel 16:39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Called: Clothing
Called: Raiment
- Genesis 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- Deuteronomy 8:4 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Called: Vesture
- Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
- Revelation 19:16 And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Cleansed by Water from Ceremonial Uncleanness
- Leviticus 11:32 When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then …
- Numbers 31:20 And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
Colours of, Mentioned: Blue
- Ezekiel 23:6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
Colours of, Mentioned: Different Colours
- Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- 2 Samuel 13:18 So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
Colours of, Mentioned: Purple
- Ezekiel 7:27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will …
- Luke 16:19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Colours of, Mentioned: Scarlet
- 2 Samuel 1:24 O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
- Daniel 5:7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a …
Colours of, Mentioned: White
- Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
Girdle
- 1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- Acts 21:11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
Girt up During Employment
Given As a Token of Covenants
- 1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
Given As Presents
- Genesis 45:22 He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- 2 Kings 5:22 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two …
Grew Old and Wore Out
- Joshua 9:5 They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
- Psalm 102:26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Hyke or Upper Garment
- Deuteronomy 24:13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
- Matthew 21:8 A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Liable to Plague and Leprosy
- Leviticus 13:47–59 If any fabric is contaminated with mildew— any wool or linen garment, …
Materials Used for Camel's Hair
- Matthew 3:4 John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Materials Used for Linen
- Leviticus 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
- Esther 8:15 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
Materials Used for Sackcloth
- 2 Samuel 3:31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 2 Kings 19:1 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Materials Used for Silk
- Proverbs 31:22 She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Materials Used for Skins
- Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
Materials Used for Wool
- Proverbs 27:26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- Ezekiel 34:3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
Not to be Made of Mixed Materials
- Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
Often Rent in Affliction
- 2 Samuel 15:32 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
- Ezra 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
- Ezra 9:5 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
Origin of
- Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Genesis 3:21 And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
Scribes and Pharisees Condemned for Making Broad the Borders
- Matthew 23:5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Shoe or Sandal
- Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
- Mark 6:9 and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.
Tunic or Coat
- John 19:23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
- John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it . . .) and jumped into the sea.
Vail
- Genesis 24:65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Worn Long and Flowing
- Luke 20:46 “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
- Revelation 1:13 and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
Related topics
Garments of the RichGarments of the PoorGarments were often ChangedGarments were often Fringed and BorderedGarments of Israel Preserved for Forty YearsGarments of the Poor used As a Covering by Night
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.