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ColorsNAVE'S
Symbolical uses of
BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY Job 3:5 · Job 10:20-22 · Job 30:26 · Psalms 107:10,11 · Psalms 143:3 · Isaiah 5:30 · Isaiah 8:22 · Isaiah 9:19 · Isaiah 24:11 · Isaiah 50:3 · Joel 2:6,10 · Joel 3:14,15 · Amos 5:8 · Nahum 2:10 · Zephaniah 1:14,15 · Matthew 8:12 · Matthew 22:13 · Matthew 25:30 · 2 Peter 2:4 · Jude 1:13 · Revelation 16:10
BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY Exodus 24:10 · Exodus 25:3,4 · Exodus 26:1 · Exodus 28:28,37 · Exodus 38:18 · Exodus 39:1-5,21,24,29,31 · Numbers 4:5-12 · Numbers 15:38-40 · 2 Chronicles 2:7,14 · 2 Chronicles 3:14 · Jeremiah 10:9 · Ezekiel 1:26 · Ezekiel 10:1
For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON
SYMBOL OF ROYALTY Esther 8:15 · Ezekiel 23:6
See also: Crimson, Below
CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS
Of iniquity Isaiah 1:18 · Revelation 17:3,4 · Revelation 18:12,16
Of royalty Judges 8:26 · Daniel 5:7,16,29 · Matthew 27:28
Prosperity 2 Samuel 1:24 · Proverbs 31:21 · Lamentations 4:5
Conquest Nahum 2:3 · Revelation 12:3
These colors figured largely in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement Exodus 25:3-5 · Exodus 26:1,14,31,36 · Exodus 36:8,19,35,37 · Exodus 27:16 · Exodus 28:4-8,15,31,33 · Exodus 35:5-7,23,25,35 · Exodus 38:18,23 · Exodus 39:2,3,5,29 · Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51,52 · Numbers 4:7,8,13 · Numbers 19:2,5,6 · Isaiah 63:1-3 · Hebrews 9:19-23
WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS
The high priest's holy garments were made of white linen Leviticus 16:4,32
Choir singers were arrayed in white 2 Chronicles 5:12
SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL Psalms 51:7 · Ecclesiastes 9:8 · Isaiah 1:18 · Daniel 7:9 · Daniel 11:35 · Daniel 12:10 · Matthew 17:1,2 · Matthew 28:2,3 · Mark 9:3 · Revelation 1:13,14 · Revelation 2:17 · Revelation 3:4,5,18 · Revelation 4:4 · Revelation 6:2,11 · Revelation 7:9,13,14 · Revelation 15:6 · Revelation 19:8,11,14 · Revelation 20:11
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.