13 Bible Verses about Myrrh

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Genesis 37:25

And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt

Revelation 18:11-13

And the wholesale merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for their cargo will none purchase more: The cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fir wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of precious wood, and of iron, and brass, and marble, And cinnamon, and perfumes, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and the finest wheat flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and of souls of men,

Genesis 43:11

And Israel their father will say to them, If so now, do this; take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a gift of a little balsam, and a little honey and spice and resin, pistacia nuts, and almonds.

Exodus 30:22-28

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying. Take thou to thee spices of head of flowing myrrh, five hundred: and fragrant cinnamon of its half, fifty and two hundred; and fragrant reed, fifty and two hundred. And cassia, five hundred by the holy shekel, and the oil of olive, a hin:read more.
And make it an oil a holy anointing, a perfumed unguent the work of the perfumer: it shall be an oil a holy anointing. And anoint the tent of appointment, and the ark of the testimony, And the table and all its vessels and the chandelier and its vessels, and the altar of incense, And the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels,, and the wash-basin and its pedestal.

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, all thy garments, from the temples of ivory, by which they gladdened thee.

Proverbs 7:10-18

And behold, a woman to his meeting, the attire of a harlot, and hidden of heart She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house: One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.read more.
She laid hold upon him and kissed to him; she strengthened her face, and she will say to him, Sacrifices of peace upon me: today I repaid my vows. For this, I shall come forth to thy meeting, to seek thy face, and I shall find thee. With adornings I spread my bed, variegated with thread of Egypt I sprinkled my bed with myrrh and aloes and cinnamon. Come, we will be satisfied with loves till the morning: we will rejoice ourselves with loves.

Mark 15:22-23

And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, interpreted, The place of a skull. And they gave him wine to drink, prepared with myrrh: and he took not.

John 19:38-40

And after these, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, in secret, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might takeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilate conceded. He came then, and took the body of Jesus.. And Nicodemus also came, he having come to Jesus at first by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds. Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.

Exodus 30:23

Take thou to thee spices of head of flowing myrrh, five hundred: and fragrant cinnamon of its half, fifty and two hundred; and fragrant reed, fifty and two hundred.

Esther 2:12

And in the coming of the order of maiden and maiden to come in to the king Ahasuerus, from the end of there being to her, according to edict; of women twelve months (for so shall be completed the days of their purifications, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of the women;)

Mark 15:23

And they gave him wine to drink, prepared with myrrh: and he took not.

John 19:38

And after these, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, in secret, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might takeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilate conceded. He came then, and took the body of Jesus..

From Thematic Bible


Gilead » Exported spices » Balm » myrrh

Genesis 37:25

And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balsam in Gilead, or healing there? for wherefore did not the health of the daughter of my people go up?

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead, and take balsam, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou bring up many healings; none to thee.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » myrrh

Song of Songs 4:14

Spikenard and saffron; the reed and cinnamon, with all the woods of Lebanon; myrrh and aloes, with all the heads of spices.

myrrh » Used as a perfume

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, all thy garments, from the temples of ivory, by which they gladdened thee.

Proverbs 7:17

I sprinkled my bed with myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.

Esther 2:12

And in the coming of the order of maiden and maiden to come in to the king Ahasuerus, from the end of there being to her, according to edict; of women twelve months (for so shall be completed the days of their purifications, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of the women;)

Song of Songs 3:6

Who is this coming up from the desert as columns of smoke of burning incense, of myrrh and frankincense from all the powder of the trader.

Song of Songs 5:13

His cheeks as beds of spices, towers of aromatic herbs: his lips lilies, dropping overflowing myrrh.

myrrh » A product of the land of canaan

Song of Songs 4:14

Spikenard and saffron; the reed and cinnamon, with all the woods of Lebanon; myrrh and aloes, with all the heads of spices.

Song of Songs 5:1

I Came to my garden, my sister, O spouse: I gathered my myrrh with my spices; I ate my droppings with my honey; I drank my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; drink ye, and drink to the full, O beloved ones.

Song of Songs 4:6

Till the day shall breathe, and the shadows fled away, I will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of Lebanon.

myrrh » Traffic in

Genesis 43:11

And Israel their father will say to them, If so now, do this; take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a gift of a little balsam, and a little honey and spice and resin, pistacia nuts, and almonds.

Genesis 37:25

And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt

myrrh » Used for embalming

John 19:39

And Nicodemus also came, he having come to Jesus at first by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds.

myrrh » One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil

Exodus 30:23

Take thou to thee spices of head of flowing myrrh, five hundred: and fragrant cinnamon of its half, fifty and two hundred; and fragrant reed, fifty and two hundred.

myrrh » Offered to jesus on the cross

Mark 15:23

And they gave him wine to drink, prepared with myrrh: and he took not.

myrrh » Brought by the wise men (magi) as a present to jesus

Oil » Kinds of, mentioned » myrrh

Esther 2:12

And in the coming of the order of maiden and maiden to come in to the king Ahasuerus, from the end of there being to her, according to edict; of women twelve months (for so shall be completed the days of their purifications, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of the women;)

Shekel » Used to weigh » myrrh

Exodus 30:23

Take thou to thee spices of head of flowing myrrh, five hundred: and fragrant cinnamon of its half, fifty and two hundred; and fragrant reed, fifty and two hundred.

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