15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness
Most Relevant Verses
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Cleanliness » Encouraged
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Cleanliness » Examples of
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Cleanliness » Figurative
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Topics on Cleanliness
Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use
Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.