Girdles
19 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
15 sections
- Faithfulness of Christ
- Given as a Reward of Military Service
- Given as a Token of Friendship
- Gladness
- Made for Sale by Industrious Women
- Made of Fine Linen
- Made of Gold
- Made of Leather
- Made of Sackcloth
- Made of Twined Linen with Blue Purple
- Righteousness of Christ
- Strength
- Truth
- Worn by Priests About the Breasts
- Worn Upon the Loins
Faithfulness of Christ
- Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
Given as a Reward of Military Service
- 2 Samuel 18:11 “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
Given as a Token of Friendship
- 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.
Gladness
- Psalm 30:11 You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Made for Sale by Industrious Women
- Proverbs 31:24 She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
Made of Fine Linen
- Ezekiel 16:10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
Made of Gold
- 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.
- Revelation 15:6 And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
Made of Leather
- 2 Kings 1:8 “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
- 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.
Made of Sackcloth
- Isaiah 3:24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
- Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Made of Twined Linen with Blue Purple
- Exodus 39:29 and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Righteousness of Christ
- Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
Strength
- Psalm 18:39 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- Isaiah 22:21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Truth
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Worn by Priests About the Breasts
- 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.
Worn Upon the Loins
- 1 Kings 2:5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me— what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with …
- Jeremiah 13:1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
- Jeremiah 13:11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.