What Does the Bible Say About Sandals?

Ephesians 6:15 ESV / 103 helpful votes

And, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.

Matthew 3:11 ESV / 96 helpful votes

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 6:9 ESV / 77 helpful votes

But to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.

Mark 1:7 ESV / 66 helpful votes

And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

John 1:27 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

Luke 15:22 ESV / 61 helpful votes

But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

Luke 3:16 ESV / 57 helpful votes

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Deuteronomy 29:5 ESV / 48 helpful votes

I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.

Exodus 3:5 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Joshua 5:15 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Acts 13:25 ESV / 42 helpful votes

And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

Acts 12:8 ESV / 39 helpful votes

And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

Acts 7:33 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Matthew 10:10 ESV / 32 helpful votes

No bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.

Ruth 4:7-8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.

Joshua 9:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

With worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly.

2 Samuel 15:30 ESV / 24 helpful votes

But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

Exodus 12:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.

Ruth 4:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.

Isaiah 20:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Luke 10:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road.

Deuteronomy 25:9-10 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.’ And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.’

Mark 9:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.”

Ruth 4:1-22 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. So I thought I would tell you of it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.” Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.” ...

Luke 22:35 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”

Luke 15:11-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ...

Mark 6:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”

Exodus 12:1-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, ...

Revelation 16:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

Ruth 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. ...

Isaiah 20:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking naked and barefoot. Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,

Ephesians 6:10-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...

Luke 9:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

Luke 9:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.

Mark 6:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

Mark 6:7-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” ...

Ezekiel 24:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another.

Jeremiah 2:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.’

2 Kings 9:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”

1 Kings 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.

Exodus 3:4-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

44 Bible Verses about Sandals

Ephesians 6:15 ESV / 103 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 3:11 ESV / 96 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:9 ESV / 77 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:7 ESV / 66 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:27 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:22 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 3:16 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 29:5 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 3:5 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 5:15 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 13:25 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 12:8 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 7:33 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:10 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 4:7-8 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 9:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 15:30 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 12:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 4:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 20:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 25:9-10 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 24:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 4:1-22 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 22:35 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:11-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 12:1-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 16:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 20:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:10-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 9:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 9:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:7-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 24:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 2:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 9:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 3:4-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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