42 Bible Verses about Holiness

Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy. Because it is written: You shall be holy for I am holy.

Who will not reverence you, Jehovah, and glorify your name, for only you are holy. All nations will come and worship you. Your righteous judgments are clearly apparent.

Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his holy mountain, for Jehovah our God is holy.

They called to one another: Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts. All the earth is full of his glory.

Who will not reverence you, Jehovah, and glorify your name, for only you are holy. All nations will come and worship you. Your righteous judgments are clearly apparent.

Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?

Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his holy mountain, for Jehovah our God is holy.

Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours?

In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

May he resolutely strengthen your hearts without blame in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his holy ones.

The flower-shaped medallion, the holy crown, was fashioned out of pure gold. The statement: HOLY TO JEHOVAH was engraved on it.

I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk (live) (be occupied) as children of light

As God's chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).

I am Jehovah! I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. Be holy because I am holy.

Keep (consecrate) yourselves holy, because I am Jehovah your God!

You are to be my holy people. Do not eat any flesh torn to bits in the field. Throw it to the dogs.

Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy. Because it is written: You shall be holy for I am holy.

The reason is because I am Jehovah your God. You must live holy lives. Consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Never become unclean by touching anything that swarms or crawls on the ground. I am Jehovah! I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. Be holy because I am holy.

Tell the entire congregation of Israel: 'Be holy because I, Jehovah your God, am holy.

Keep (consecrate) yourselves holy, because I am Jehovah your God!

He said to the congregation: Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you'll be swept away because of all their sins.

Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45) I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and daughters, said Jehovah God the Almighty. (Hosea 1:10)

Move away from these men. I will destroy them instantly.

The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

You are to observe the Sabbath. It is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it will absolutely be put to death. Whoever does any work on it will be removed from his people. Work may be done for six days. The seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest. It is holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day will definitely be put to death.

One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah.

In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of Hosts! Every thing they sacrifice will be boiled in them. In that day there will be no more Canaanites in the House of Jehovah of Hosts.

There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

There will be those who escape in Mount Zion. It will be holy, and the house of Jacob will take (confiscate) their possessions.

Those he first recognized, he ordained in advance that they be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

He that says he lives in union with him should walk as he walked.

Have this attitude (mind-set) (understanding) (mental state) in you that was also in Christ Jesus.

But he (Christ) reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and without accusation before Him (God).

May he resolutely strengthen your hearts without blame in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his holy ones.

God has saved us and called us with a holy calling. This is not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace that was granted us in Christ Jesus, from all eternity.

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.

Holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus.

God will destroy any man who defiles the temple of God! For the temple of God is holy. You are that temple!

Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy. Because it is written: You shall be holy for I am holy.

Tell the entire congregation of Israel: 'Be holy because I, Jehovah your God, am holy.

Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will see the Lord without it.

Live as children of obedience. Do not fashion yourself according to your former lusts, for you were ignorant at that time. Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy. Because it is written: You shall be holy for I am holy.

Ascribe to Jehovah the glory his name deserves. Bring an offering, and come to him. Worship Jehovah in his holy splendor.

Give to Jehovah the glory his name deserves. Worship Jehovah in his holy splendor.

Such a high priest as this was suitable for us. He is holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and higher than the heavens.

For this you were called because Christ also suffered for you. He left you an example (a copy for imitation) (a model) that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin and deception was not found in him.

Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.

God inspired all Scripture! It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. (Greek: theopneustos: God-breathed) Thus the man of God may be completely equipped for every good work.

Be God's holy men. Do not dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. It is the food (bread) of your God.

Get out of her my people! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of Jehovah.

Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will see the Lord without it.

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,

Knowing this, that Law is not made for a righteous person. It is for the lawless and unruly, the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, and for manslayers.

My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit. You will be my disciples.

Be filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. (John 15:5) (Galatians 5:22, 23)

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved (destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy living and godliness?

Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy.

Those he first recognized, he ordained in advance that they be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

He chose us through him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials. Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine.

For the grace (divine influence) of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

Also do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness for God.

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. You once presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to sin. Now you present your members as servants to righteousness and sanctification (purification) (holiness).

For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died. He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose again.

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world. I pray only for those you gave me, for they are yours.

Remain with me, and I with you. The branch cannot bear fruit by itself. It must remain on the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain with me.

You and God are witnesses, how devoutly and righteously, without blame, we behaved toward you who believe!

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.

Having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness with deep reverence for God.

Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it. This is so he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word. So he will be able to present the congregation to himself as a glorious congregation, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It should be holy and without blemish.

He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. And he who is filthy, let him be filthy still. And he who is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he who is holy, let him be holy still.

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall rule as kings with him for the thousand years.

Let no man look down on your youth. Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and chasteness.

Put on the new man, that in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

She will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will see the Lord without it.

I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved (destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy living and godliness?

He gave us deliverance out of the hand of our enemies so we could serve him without fear. May we serve in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Who will go up to the mountain of Jehovah? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up (turned) to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully.

Now you are free from sin and are servants to God. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting (eternal) life.

The holy women of old, who hoped in God, adorned themselves this way, being submissive to their own husbands.

I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Now you are free from sin and are servants to God. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting (eternal) life.

Do not give holy things to the dogs (impure persons) (false prophets) (Matthew 7:15). Do not throw your pearls before swine (the most unclean). They will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

I do not pray that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

Protect me, for I am a godly man. You are my God. Save your servant who trusts you.

Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.

Your testimonies are very sure: holiness adorns your house, O Jehovah, forever.

but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

But Herod feared John. He knew he was a righteous and holy man so he kept him safe. That is why he listened to John but was perplexed.

He spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from ages past.

May we serve in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine.

The flower-shaped medallion, the holy crown, was fashioned out of pure gold. The statement: HOLY TO JEHOVAH was engraved on it.

Also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal: Holy to Jehovah.

In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.

But Herod feared John. He knew he was a righteous and holy man so he kept him safe. That is why he listened to John but was perplexed.

Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved (destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy living and godliness?

We make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to him. We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.

Now you are free from sin and are servants to God. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting (eternal) life.

Do not be partakers with them. You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk (live) (be occupied) as children of light for the fruit of the light (life) (spirit) consists of all goodness and righteousness and truth.