'Wear' in the Bible

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

“You will certainly wear out both yourself and these people who are with you, because the task is too heavy for you. You can’t do it alone.

Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.

He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He must tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban. These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them.

“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.

Your clothing did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these 40 years.

“A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord your God.

Do not wear clothes made of both wool and linen.

Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

I led you 40 years in the wilderness; your clothes and the sandals on your feet did not wear out;

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, “Don’t send all the people, but send about 2,000 or 3,000 men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.”

Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

Out of all the tribes of Israel, I selected your house to be priests, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave your house all the Israelite fire offerings.

But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

You provided for them in the wilderness 40 yearsand they lacked nothing.Their clothes did not wear out,and their feet did not swell.

Esther’s female servants and her eunuchs came and reported the news to her, and the queen was overcome with fear. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so he could take off his sackcloth, but he did not accept them.

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,and the innocent will divide up his silver.

I would surely carry it on my shoulderand wear it like a crown.

They will perish, but You will endure;all of them will wear out like clothing.You will change them like a garment,and they will pass away.

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;they will wear their shame like a cloak.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;stop giving your attention to it.

In its streets they wear sackcloth;on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,falling down and weeping.

Look up, and look around.They all gather together; they come to you.As I live”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“you will wear all your children as jewelry,and put them on as a bride does.

In truth, the Lord God will help Me;who will condemn Me?Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;a moth will devour them.

Look up to the heavens,and look at the earth beneath;for the heavens will vanish like smoke,the earth will wear out like a garment,and its inhabitants will die like gnats.But My salvation will last forever,and My righteousness will never be shattered.

Each one betrays his friend;no one tells the truth.They have taught their tongues to speak lies;they wear themselves out doing wrong.

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

When they enter the gates of the inner court they must wear linen garments; they must not have on them anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court and within it.

They must wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They are not to put on anything that makes them sweat.

I will turn your feasts into mourningand all your songs into lamentation;I will cause everyone to wear sackclothand every head to be shaved.I will make that grieflike mourning for an only sonand its outcome like a bitter day.

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in kings’ palaces.

They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.

Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I tell you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”

they will perish, but You remain.They will all wear out like clothing;

She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure.For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.