The word in Scripture

Snow in the Bible

The word snow appears 24 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Snow pictures the perfect whiteness of cleansing. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What snow means in the Bible

Snow pictures the perfect whiteness of cleansing.

Where the word snow appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word snow appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”Psalms 51:7

“When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.”Psalms 68:14

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.”Proverbs 26:1

“She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.”Proverbs 31:21

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”Isaiah 1:18

“His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:”Matthew 28:3

“And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.”Mark 9:3

“His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;”Revelation 1:14