The Color White

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.

And the armies in the heaven were following him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen--white and pure;

and I saw, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a bow, and there was given to him a crown, and he went forth overcoming, and that he may overcome.

`I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow <FI>is<Fi> white, and the hair of his head <FI>is<Fi> as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

and there was given to her that she may be arrayed with fine linen, pure and shining, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.'

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud <FI>one<Fi> sitting like to a son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;

and there was given to each one white robes, and it was said to them that they may rest themselves yet a little time, till may be fulfilled also their fellow-servants and their brethren, who are about to be killed--even as they.

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving <FI>it<Fi> .

and his head and hairs white, as if white wool--as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten <FI>them<Fi> .

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that <FI>is<Fi> on the rods,

Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.

And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white--till the end of the time, for <FI>it is<Fi> yet for a time appointed.

one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid.

and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it <FI>is<Fi> as coriander seed, white; and its taste <FI>is<Fi> as a cake with honey.

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;

And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war,

I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. — read the full passage →

and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white--sparkling.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, `I also <FI>am<Fi> in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread <FI>are<Fi> on my head,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.

Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;

For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

Riders on white asses--Sitters on a long robe--And walkers by the way--meditate!

And around the throne <FI>are<Fi> thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;

and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow,

The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might <FI>are in<Fi> scarlet, With fiery torches <FI>is<Fi> the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

`Wherefore <FI>is<Fi> thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'

In the first chariot <FI>are<Fi> red horses, and in the second chariot brown horses,

lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;

And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes--who are they, and whence came they?' — read the full passage →

Red <FI>are<Fi> eyes with wine, And white <FI>are<Fi> teeth with milk!

The brown horses that <FI>are<Fi> therein, are coming forth unto the land of the north; and the white have come forth unto their hinder part; and the grisled have come forth unto the land of the south;

and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot strong grisled horses.

And above the expanse that <FI>is<Fi> over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, <FI>is<Fi> the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, --to the age;' and he goeth out from before him--leprous as snow.

And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,

and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for, if in the green tree they do these things--in the dry what may happen?'

It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly bare, and hath cast down, Made white have been its branches.

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred <FI>shekels<Fi> of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which <FI>are<Fi> on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which <FI>are<Fi> on the necks of their camels,

and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, `Come and behold!' and I saw, and lo, a black horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a balance in his hand,

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

and he answering said to them, `Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red, — read the full passage →

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,

And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes--who are they, and whence came they?'

He who is overcoming--this one--shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble--

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

and he is arrayed with a garment covered with blood, and his name is called, The Word of God.

and saying, Woe, woe, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls--because in one hour so much riches were made waste!

and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place <FI>it<Fi> on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

I have seen by night, and lo, one riding on a red horse, and he is standing between the myrtles that <FI>are<Fi> in the shade, and behind him <FI>are<Fi> horses, red, bay, and white.

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns,

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly--as to babes in Christ; — read the full passage →

and when they <FI>had<Fi> mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.

and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put <FI>it<Fi> on him,

lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,

`Here <FI>is<Fi> the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,

and the first messenger did sound, and there came hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast to the land, and the third of the trees was burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up.

And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals; — read the full passage →

And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands, — read the full passage →

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou--thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out--to remission of sins;

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold <FI>is<Fi> on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold <FI>is<Fi> on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.'