15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness

Most Relevant Verses

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

You shall also have a place outside the camp where you shall go forth. And you shall have a paddle on your weapon. And it shall be, when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you. For Jehovah your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, so that He may see no unclean thing in you and turn away from you.

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

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Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people. And they washed their clothes.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David arose from the earth and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and came into the house of Jehovah and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they brought bread before him and he ate.

Mark 7:3

For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they immerse their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.

Cleanliness » Encouraged

Ruth 3:3

Therefore wash yourself, and anoint yourself, and put your clothing upon you, and go down to the floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

Leviticus 13:6

And the priest shall look on him again in the seventh day. And, behold, if the plague is somewhat dark; the plague has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

More verses: Numbers 8:7

Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people. And they washed their clothes.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David arose from the earth and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and came into the house of Jehovah and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they brought bread before him and he ate.

Mark 7:3

For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they immerse their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.

Cleanliness » Figurative

Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp

Deuteronomy 23:12-14

You shall also have a place outside the camp where you shall go forth. And you shall have a paddle on your weapon. And it shall be, when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you. For Jehovah your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, so that He may see no unclean thing in you and turn away from you.

Topics on Cleanliness

Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

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