Quotes about Perfume
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
— Ecclesiastes 10:1
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
— Mark 14:3
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
— Matthew 26:12
This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
— Matthew 26:9
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
— Luke 7:37
Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
— Exodus 30:33
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
— John 12:7
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
— John 12:5
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
— Proverbs 7:17
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
— Ecclesiastes 7:1
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
— John 12:3
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
— Song of Solomon 1:12