Bible Concordances
Shoes

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Early use of
  Genesis 14:23

• Called sandals
  Mark 6:9; Acts 12:8

• Soles of, sometimes plated with brass or iron
  Deuteronomy 33:25

• Bound round the feet with latchets or strings
  John 1:27; Acts 12:8

• OF LADIES OF DISTINCTION
  • Often made of badgers' skins
    Ezekiel 16:10
  • Often highly ornamental
    Song of Solomon 7:1
  • Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments
    Isaiah 3:18

• Loosing of, for another a degrading office
  Mark 1:17; John 1:27

• Bearing, for another a degrading office, only performed by Slaves
  Matthew 3:11

• THE JEWS
  • Put on, before beginning a journey
    Exodus 12:11
  • Never wore, in mourning
    2 Samuel 15:30; Isaiah 20:2,3; Ezekiel 24:17,23
  • Put off, when they entered sacred places
    Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15

• Worn out by a long journey
  Joshua 9:5,13

• Of Israel preserved for forty years, while journeying in the Wilderness
  Deuteronomy 29:5

• Often given as bribes
  Amos 2:6; 8:6

• CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH
  • A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife Disgraced by pulling off his shoes
    Deuteronomy 25:9,10
  • The right of redemption resigned by a man's giving one of His shoes to the next of kin
    Ruth 4:7,8

• The Apostles prohibited from taking for their journey more, Than the pair they had on
  Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:9; Luke 10:4

• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of the preparation of the gospel
    Ephesians 6:15
  • Of the beauty conferred on saints
    Song of Solomon 7:1; Luke 15:22
  • (Having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
    1 Kings 2:5
  • (Taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
    Isaiah 47:2; Jeremiah 2:25
  • (Thrown over a place,) of subjection
    Psalm 60:8; 108:9