Bible verses about Shoes
(From 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
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
II 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
Solomon 7:1; Luke 15:22
- (Having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
I Kings 2:5
- (Taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Isaiah 47:2; Jeremiah 2:25
- (Thrown over a place,) of subjection
Psalms 60:8; 108:9