14 Bible Verses about Cleanliness
Most Relevant Verses
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder,
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORDand worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Cleanliness » Encouraged
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased area has faded and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
Cleanliness » Examples of
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder,
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORDand worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Cleanliness » Figurative
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp
"You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you
Topics on Cleanliness
Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use
Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.



