Ezekiel 23:40

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a messenger was sent, and they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments;

Cross References

2 Kings 9:30

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

Esther 2:12

The turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics for women.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman comes toward him decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.

Isaiah 57:9

You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down to Sheol.

Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in crimson, that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the festival days of the Baals, to whom she offered incense and decked herself with her rings and jewelry and went after her lovers and forgot me, says the Lord.

1 Peter 3:3

Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;

Ruth 3:3

Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.