42 Bible Verses about Holiness

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!

And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!

"Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.

so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD."

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

"You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

"Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins."

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."

"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.

"Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD's; it is holy to the LORD.

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.

But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

"Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the LORD's food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

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.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Yet she will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them, declares the LORD."

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

"Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you--you are my God.

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD."

"You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, 'Holy to the LORD.'

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),