Here are 48 Bible verses about the color blue, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Exodus 24:10 KJV
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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Numbers 15:38-40 KJV
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a …
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Ezekiel 1:26 KJV
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
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Exodus 28:31 KJV
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
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Exodus 28:1-43 KJV
1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of …
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Exodus 26:1-36 KJV
1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and …
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2 Chronicles 3:14 KJV
14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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Numbers 4:6-12 KJV
6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and …
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Matthew 9:21 KJV
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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Revelation 21:18 KJV
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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Exodus 28:6 KJV
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
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Isaiah 1:18 KJV
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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Psalm 1:3 KJV
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
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2 Chronicles 2:7 KJV
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
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Exodus 28:5 KJV
5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
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Exodus 26:36 KJV
36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
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Exodus 26:1 KJV
1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
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Exodus 25:4 KJV
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
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Genesis 9:13 KJV
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
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Ezekiel 27:24 KJV
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
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Esther 8:15 KJV
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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Numbers 4:11 KJV
11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
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Genesis 2:7 KJV
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Ezekiel 23:6 KJV
6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
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Revelation 17:4 KJV
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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Zephaniah 1:15 KJV
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
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Daniel 5:16 KJV
16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Ezekiel 27:7 KJV
7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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Ezekiel 1:4 KJV
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
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Jeremiah 10:9 KJV
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
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Isaiah 1:2 KJV
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
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Proverbs 31:21 KJV
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
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Exodus 39:31 KJV
31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Exodus 39:29 KJV
29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Exodus 39:24 KJV
24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
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Exodus 39:2 KJV
2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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Exodus 39:1 KJV
1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Exodus 38:23 KJV
23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
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Exodus 36:37 KJV
37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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Exodus 36:35 KJV
35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
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Exodus 35:6 KJV
6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
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Exodus 28:37 KJV
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
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Exodus 28:2 KJV
2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
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Exodus 26:31 KJV
31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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Exodus 26:2 KJV
2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
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Genesis 9:2 KJV
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
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