15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness

Most Relevant Verses

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Matthew 23:26

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

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Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their asses provender.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Cleanliness » Encouraged

Ruth 3:3

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor, but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:

Leviticus 13:6

and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

More verses: Numbers 8:7

Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their asses provender.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Cleanliness » Figurative

Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Topics on Cleanliness

Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

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