Bible Verses About Perfume
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for perfume, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 251 votes, led by John 12:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Perfume
John 12:342 votes
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Ephesians 5:1-3332 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Exodus 30:33-3731 votes
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Mark 14:325 votes
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
2 Corinthians 2:14-1724 votes
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Ecclesiastes 7:118 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Luke 7:36-5017 votes
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
John 12:1-5016 votes
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
Matthew 2:1113 votes
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Romans 12:1-312 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Proverbs 27:911 votes
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
John 11:1-5710 votes
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
What does the Bible say about perfume?
Readers most often cite John 12:3 on the subject of perfume. Across 251 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:1-33, Exodus 30:33-37, Mark 14:3. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.