15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness

Most Relevant Verses

Isaiah 1:16

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go; And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth: For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

From Thematic Bible


Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

Exodus 19:14

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

Mark 7:3

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

Cleanliness » Encouraged

Ruth 3:3

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

Leviticus 13:6

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

More verses: Numbers 8:7

Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

Exodus 19:14

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

Mark 7:3

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

Cleanliness » Figurative

Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go; And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth: For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you

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