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Proverbs 31:22

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She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
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  1. Revelation 19:8Rank 1 from verse 22
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    8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

  2. Genesis 41:42Rank 2 from verse 22
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    42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

  3. Proverbs 7:16Rank 3 from verse 22
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    16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

  4. 1 Peter 3:3Rank 4 from verse 22
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    3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

  5. Esther 8:15Rank 5 from verse 22
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    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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Proverbs 31:22

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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clothing

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Sense 1: Garments or covering for the body. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which covers or invests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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purple

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A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

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23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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