19 Bible Verses About Art and Creativity, Starting With Bezalel the Craftsman

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Resumo

  • The first time Scripture says God has filled someone with his Spirit, the person is a craftsman: Bezalel, commissioned for metalwork, stonecutting and design (Exodus 31:1-5).
  • Bezalel is told to devise artistic designs, not to copy a pattern.
  • Solomon’s brief to Hiram specifies the materials and the colours, which shows how seriously the temple took its appearance.
  • Jesus said nothing to the crowds without a parable (Matthew 13:34), teaching through invented stories.
  • When Mary poured costly nard on the feet of Jesus, Judas objected to the waste and Jesus defended her (John 12:3-7).

Scripture treats skilled making as a gift, and the first person it calls filled with the Spirit of God is a craftsman. Bezalel, of the tribe of Judah, was filled with the Spirit “to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze” (Exodus 31:3-4), and he was also given the ability to teach (35:34). The nineteen verses below cover God as maker, skill as a gift of the Spirit, what art is allowed to do, costly gifts, and…

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As citações das Escrituras são da English Standard Version.

Exodus 31:3 is the Bible’s first statement that God has filled a person with his Spirit, and the commission that follows is craftsmanship (Exodus 31:1-11).

The objection to Mary’s ointment, and Jesus’s answer, are at John 12:4-8; the parallel account is Mark 14:3-9.

A pound of pure nard is valued at three hundred denarii — about a year’s wages — at John 12:5.

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