CLOTHING - An Outward Indicator of An Inward Spiritual State
1.\tClothing For Modesty’s Sake Was Instituted By God
Genesis 3:21\tUnto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed \t\t\tthem.
2.\tNakedness is a Mark of Shame
Ezekiel 16:39\tAnd I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent \t\t\tplace, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and \t\tshall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Luke 8:27\tAnd when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had \t\t\tdevils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
3.\tJesus Was Concerned About the External as Well as the Internal
Mark 5:15\tAnd they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the \t\t\tlegion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
4.\tClothing Used to Indicate a Negative Spiritual State
II Samuel 14:2\tAnd Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray \t\t\tthee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not \t\t\tthyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Psalms 35:13\tBut as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul \t\t\twith fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Psalms 109:18\tAs he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his \t\t\tbowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Psalms 109:29\tLet mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their \t\t\town confusion, as with a mantle.
Ezekiel 7:27\tThe king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of \t\t\tthe people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and \t\t\taccording to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
5.\tThe Wearing of Proper Clothing is Commanded by God
I Timothy 2:9\tIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with \t\t\t\tshamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
I Peter 3:3\tWhose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing \t\tof gold, or of putting on of apparel;
6.\tImproper Clothing Displeases the Lord Greatly
Zephaniah 1:8\tAnd it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the \t\t\tprinces, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
Deut. 22:5\tThe woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on \t\ta woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
7.\tThose Improperly Dressed Were Prohibited From the King’s Presence
Esther 4:2\tAnd came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed \t\twith sackcloth.
8.\tChange of Clothing Required to be in Royal Presence or in God’s Presence
Esther 5:1\tNow it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood \t\t\tin the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat \t\t\tupon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
II Samuel 12:20\tThen David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his \t\t\tapparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his \t\t\town house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
9.\tClothing Used to Indicate the Blessing of a King
Esther 6:9\tAnd let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble \t\t\tprinces, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and \t\t\tbring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus \t\t\tshall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther 8:15\tAnd Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, \t\tand with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city \t\tof Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
10.\tA King’s Glory Evidenced by the Clothing of His Servants
II Chronicles 9:4\tAnd the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his \t\t\tministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by \t\t\twhich he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
11.\tClothing Indicative of Personal Purity
II Samuel 13:18\tAnd [she had] a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's \t\t\tdaughters [that were] virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted \t\t\tthe door after her.
12.\tClothing Indicative of a Repentant Attitude
Joshua 7:6\tAnd Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the \t\t\tLORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
II Chron. 34:19\tAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his \t\t\tclothes.
II Chron. 34:27\tBecause thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou \t\t\theardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst \t\tthyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard \t\t\t[thee] also, saith the LORD.
13.\tClothing Used as a Type of Spirituality
Psalms 132:16\tI will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psalms 132:18\tHis enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Zechariah 3:4\tAnd he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the \t\t\tfilthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to \t\tpass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Proverbs 31:25\tStrength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Isaiah 59:17\tFor he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; \t\t\tand he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a \t\t\tcloak.
Job 29:14\tI put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Psalms 132:9\tLet thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
Isaiah 61:10\tI will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath \t\t\tclothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of \t\t\t\trighteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride \t\t\tadorneth [herself] with her jewels.
I Peter 5:5\tLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one \t\t\tto another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to \t\tthe humble.
14.\tClothing Is The Identifiable Mark of the Redeemed in Eternity
Revelation 4:4\tAnd round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four \t\t\tand twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns \t\t\tof gold.
Revelation 7:9\tAfter this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all \t\t\tnations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the \t\t\tLamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 19:14\tAnd the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine \t\t\tlinen, white and clean.
Revelation 19:8\tAnd to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the \t\tfine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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