Bible Verses About The Color Purple
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the color purple, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,804 votes, led by Revelation 17:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Color Purple
Revelation 17:4134 votes
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 31:22133 votes
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Luke 16:19116 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Mark 15:20114 votes
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 15:17106 votes
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
Judges 8:2694 votes
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 16:1476 votes
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 19:274 votes
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
1 Peter 2:966 votes
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 4:1362 votes
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Esther 8:1552 votes
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 18:1645 votes
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 19:540 votes
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
1 Timothy 6:1540 votes
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Ezekiel 27:739 votes
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.
Exodus 25:436 votes
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
Psalms 1:1-636 votes
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.
Revelation 18:1236 votes
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 19:1635 votes
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Isaiah 1:1833 votes
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 23:631 votes
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 27:1631 votes
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 5:2929 votes
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 26:127 votes
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.
Psalms 52:827 votes
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
What does the Bible say about the color purple?
Readers most often cite Revelation 17:4 on the subject of the color purple. Across 2,804 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 31:22, Luke 16:19, Mark 15:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.