Matthew 6:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord, and worshiped; he then went to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments; do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead;

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments be always white; let not oil be lacking on your head.

Ruth 3:3

Wash therefore 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.