Esther 2:12
"Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)"
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- Proverbs 7:17
"I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon."
Read in chapter → - 1 Thessalonians 4:4
"That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 57:9
"And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell."
Read in chapter → - Song of Solomon 3:6
"Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?"
Read in chapter → - Luke 7:37
"And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,"
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