9 Bible Verses about Cleanliness
Most Relevant Verses
[But] if we confess our sins [to God], He is faithful [to His promise] and righteous [in His judgment], and will forgive us of those sins and cleanse us from all of our wrongdoing.
[So], since we have these promises [See 6:16-18], dear ones, we should purify ourselves from everything that pollutes [our] body and spirit while living lives completely separated [from sin], out of reverence for God.
You blind Pharisees! First wash the inside of the cup and dish, so [then] the outside will be clean also.
But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God's Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.
"Those persons whose hearts are pure [before God] will be blessed because they will see God.
Finally, brothers, give [careful] thought to these things: Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is commendable. If it is excellent; if it is praiseworthy; [think about it].
So, the person who knows the good [he ought] to be doing, but is not doing it, is sinning.
Do not make judgments based [merely] on how things look, but make judgments on how they really are."
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews would not eat anything unless they first scrubbed their hands [i.e., up to the wrists] in accordance with the [long-established] tradition of the Jewish elders).
Cleanliness » Encouraged
we should draw close [to God] with a sincere heart and a fully assured faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a guilty conscience [See 9:13-14] and having had our bodies washed with clean water [i.e., in our immersion].
Cleanliness » Examples of
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews would not eat anything unless they first scrubbed their hands [i.e., up to the wrists] in accordance with the [long-established] tradition of the Jewish elders).
Cleanliness » Figurative
But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God's Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.
[It is also] from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness [to the truth], the Firstborn from the dead [i.e., the first One raised never to die again], the Ruler of the kings of the world. May there be honor and power forever and ever to Christ, who loved us and released us from our sins by His blood [Note: Some manuscripts say "washed us" since the two words are spelled almost alike].
Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp
Topics on Cleanliness
Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use
Matthew 12:43-45But when an evil spirit has been driven out of a person, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest but cannot find it.
Related Topics
- Avoiding Sin
- Being Cleansed From Sin
- Blood
- Body
- Clean, Spiritual Use
- Cleaning
- Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use
- Cleansed Consciences
- Cleansing The Body
- Confession of sin
- Cool
- Doing The Right Thing
- Faults
- Focus
- God Turning Bad Things Into Good
- Holiness, Believers' Growth In
- Inner Beauty
- Justice, In Believers' Lives
- Positive Thinking
- Purging
- Purity
- Purity Of Heart
- Purity, Moral And Spiritual
- Renewal
- Respecting Your Body
- Sanctification, Means And Results
- Sin Confessed
- Sin, Deliverance From God
- Sin, Nature Of
- Tattoos Being Ok
- The Blood Of Jesus
- Cleansing
- Confessing
- Dross
- Fitness
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