15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness
Most Relevant Verses
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
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
And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.
Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.
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.
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
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
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.
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
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.
Cleanliness » Examples of
And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.
Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.
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.
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
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp
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
Topics on Cleanliness
Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use
Isaiah 4:4When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.