42 Bible Verses about Holiness
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Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for [the redeemed], the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err [in it].
and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.
But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship LORD in holy array.
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,
Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.
Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
for each of you to know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and reverence,
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. And they shall know that I am LORD.
There is none holy as LORD, for there is none besides thee, neither is there any rock like our God.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication,
He who was designated Son of God in power, according to a spirit of holiness, from a resurrection of the dead--Jesus Christ our Lord--
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,
in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.
Now I know that LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification.
In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY TO LORD, and the pots in LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Israel [was] holiness to LORD, the first-fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come upon them, says LORD.
God reigns over the nations. God sits upon his holy throne.
And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them. And the nations shall know that I am LORD, says lord LORD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their ey
And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory.
And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to LORD, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to LORD. For his loving kindness [is] forever.
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Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Holiness
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.
Glorifying God » For his » Holiness
Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.
Exalt ye LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill. For LORD our God is holy.
Holiness » Of God
And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory.
Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Exalt ye LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill. For LORD our God is holy.
Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Holiness » General references to
In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY TO LORD, and the pots in LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for [the redeemed], the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err [in it].
in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO LORD.
Holiness » Commanded
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
For ye were once darkness, but now light in Lord. Walk as children of light
Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
For I am LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Holiness » Being holy
And ye shall be holy men to me. Therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. Ye shall cast it to the dogs.
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.
For I am LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, since I am holy. Neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon the earth. For I am LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I LORD your God am holy.
Holiness » Should lead to separation from the wicked
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Holiness » What is holy
Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death, for whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is LORD's; it is holy to LORD.
Holiness » Promised to the church
In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY TO LORD, and the pots in LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy to LORD of hosts. And all those who sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil in it. And in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of LORD of hosts.
And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for [the redeemed], the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err [in it].
But in mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Holiness » The character of Christ, the standard of
Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.
He who claims to abide in him he also ought so to walk just as that man walked.
Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,
Holiness » Saints » Shall be presented to God in
in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.
in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.
Holiness » Saints » Called to
Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.
Holiness » Saints » Possess
Because of which, holy brothers, companions of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our affirmation, Jesus Christ,
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
Holiness » The character of God, the standard of
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.
Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I LORD your God am holy.
Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct, because it is written, Become ye holy, since I am holy.
Holiness » The church is the beauty of
Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship LORD in holy array.
Holiness » Christ » An example of
For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens.
For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps. Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
Holiness » The word of God the means of producing
Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth.
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness, so that the man of God may be qualified, having been completed for every good work.
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the offerings of LORD made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from there. Touch no unclean thing. Go ye out of the midst of her. Cleanse yourselves, ye who bear the vessels of LORD.
Holiness » None shall see God without
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
Holiness » The wicked are without
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious,
knowing this, that law is not laid down for righteous men, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreverent and sinful, for the impious and profane, for father killers and mother killers, for man killers,
Holiness » Motives to » God, Glory of
By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.
having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
Holiness » Saints » Should have their conversation in
Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,
but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,
Holiness » Saints » Elected to
Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.
Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.
Holiness » Chastisements are intended to produce, in saints
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness.
Holiness » Is the result of » The manifestation of God's grace
Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men, disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age.
Holiness » Saints » Should yield their members as instruments of
And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,
(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification.
Holiness » Motives to » Love of Christ
For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died. And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.
Holiness » Is the result of » Union with Christ
I pray about them. I do not pray about the world, but about whom thou have given me, because they are for thee.
Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.
Holiness » Exemplified » Paul
Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and justly and blamelessly we became to you who believe,
Holiness » God calling us to holiness
Holiness » Saints » Should seek perfection in
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.
Holiness » Christ » Effects, in his people
Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it, so that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the washing of water by the word, so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.
Holiness » Saints » Shall continue in, for ever
Let the man doing wrong still do wrong, and let the filthy man still be filthy. And let the righteous man still do righteousness, and let the holy man still be holy.
Holiness » Who is holy
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will reign with him a thousand years.
Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
Let no man disparage thy youth, but become an example of the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Holiness » Saints » New created in
and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
Holiness » Promise to women who continue in
But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
Holiness » Motives to » The mercies of God
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Holiness » Saints » Should follow after
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
Holiness » Required in prayer
I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.
Holiness » Exemplified » Israel
Israel [was] holiness to LORD, the first-fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come upon them, says LORD.
Holiness » Motives to » The dissolution of all things
Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,
Holiness » Saints » Should serve God in
without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him in piety and righteousness before him all our the days of our life.
Holiness » Necessary to God's worship
Who shall ascend into the hill of LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Holiness » Is the result of » Subjection to God
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Holiness » Exemplified » Wives of patriarchs
For this way formerly also, the holy women, trusting in God, adorned themselves, being subordinate to their own husbands,
Holiness » Saints » Should present their bodies to God in
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
Holiness » Saints » Have their fruit unto
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Holiness » Not giving that which is holy unto dogs
Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
Holiness » The gospel the way of
And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for [the redeemed], the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err [in it].
Holiness » Is the result of » God's keeping
I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil.
Holiness » Exemplified » David
Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.
Holiness » Christ » Desires, for his people
Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth.
Holiness » Becoming in the church
Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.
Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
Holiness » Exemplified » John the baptist
for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And having heard of him--the many things he was doing--he even heard of him gladly.
Holiness » Exemplified » Prophets
just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
Holiness » Saints » Should continue in
Holiness » Behavior of aged women should be as becomes
Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » High priest
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO LORD.
And thou shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO LORD.
Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » Horses » Bells
In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY TO LORD, and the pots in LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
John the baptist » Characteristics of » Holiness
for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And having heard of him--the many things he was doing--he even heard of him gladly.
Judgment » The certainty of, a motive to » Holiness
Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.
Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,
Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.
Sanctification » Holiness
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Do not become ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were once darkness, but now light in Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Topics on Holiness
Adoption Should Lead To Holiness
2 Corinthians 6:17-18Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you
Attitudes Of Holiness
Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.
Desires For Holiness
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.
Holiness Of Ministers
Titus 1:8but a lover of strangers, a lover of good, serious minded, just, devout, self-controlled,
Holiness Of The Saints
Romans 8:29Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.
Holiness, As Set Apart For God
Deuteronomy 7:6For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God. LORD thy God has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Holiness, Believers' Growth In
2 Chronicles 7:16For now I have chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Holiness, Purpose Of
Leviticus 19:2Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I LORD your God am holy.
Holiness, Worldly Separation
Leviticus 20:23-26And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I cast out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Jesus Christ, Holiness Of
Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous, and asked for a man, a murderer to be granted to you.
Lack Of Holiness
Psalm 17:14from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.