15 Bible Verses about Cleanliness
Most Relevant Verses
Wash you, make yourself clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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.
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go out: And you shall have a stick with your weapons; and it shall be, when you will relieve yourself outside, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your refuse: For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he sees no unclean thing in you, and turns away from you.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
You 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 cleanses us from all sin.
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.
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
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 donkeys 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 worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he did eat.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, 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 yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your best clothes upon you, and get down to the floor: but make not yourself known unto the man, until he shall have finished eating and drinking.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign 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 disease is somewhat dark, and the disease spreads 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 donkeys 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 worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he did eat.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, 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 cleanses 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 loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Cleanliness » Regulation relating to, in camp
You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go out: And you shall have a stick with your weapons; and it shall be, when you will relieve yourself outside, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your refuse: For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he sees no unclean thing in you, and turns away from you.
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 its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.