What Does the Bible Say About The Color Purple?

Proverbs 31:22 ESV / 30 helpful votes

She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Mark 15:20 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

Mark 15:17 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

Luke 16:19 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Revelation 17:4 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Judges 8:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.

Numbers 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ...

Bible Verses about The Color Purple