15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness

Most Relevant Verses

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

And a hand shall be to thee from without the camp, and thou shalt go forth there without: And a peg shall be to thee upon thy utensil: and it was in thy sitting down without, and digging with it, and turn thou back and cover thy excrement: For Jehovah thy God goes in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thy face; and thy camp was holy; and he will not see in thee the nakedness of a word and turn back from after thee.

Matthew 23:26

O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.

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Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses will come down from the mount to the people, and he will consecrate the people; and they will wash their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David will rise from the earth and wash, and be anointed, and he will change his garments, and will go into the house of Jehovah and worship, and go to his house; and he will ask and they will set bread to him, and he will eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Cleanliness » Encouraged

Ruth 3:3

And wash thou and anoint thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and go down to the threshing-floor: thou shalt not make thyself known to the man till his finishing to eat and to drink.

Genesis 35:2

And Jacob will say to his house, and to all which are with him, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.

Leviticus 13:6

And the priest saw him in the seventh day, the second time, and behold, the stroke dim, and the stroke spread not in the skin, and the priest cleansed him: it is a scab: and he washed his garments and was clean.

More verses: Numbers 8:7

Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses will come down from the mount to the people, and he will consecrate the people; and they will wash their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David will rise from the earth and wash, and be anointed, and he will change his garments, and will go into the house of Jehovah and worship, and go to his house; and he will ask and they will set bread to him, and he will eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Cleanliness » Figurative

Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

And a hand shall be to thee from without the camp, and thou shalt go forth there without: And a peg shall be to thee upon thy utensil: and it was in thy sitting down without, and digging with it, and turn thou back and cover thy excrement: For Jehovah thy God goes in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thy face; and thy camp was holy; and he will not see in thee the nakedness of a word and turn back from after thee.

Topics on Cleanliness

Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use

Isaiah 4:4

When Jehovah washed out the excrements of the daughters of Zion, and he shall cleanse the blood of Jerusalem from her midst with the spirit of judgment, and with the spirit of burning.

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