Bible Verses About Holiness
This collection includes 50 passages about Holiness. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Scripture Passages
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the masterβs use, and prepared unto every good work.
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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.
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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