Bible Verses About Purity and Cleanliness

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

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 thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

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.

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.

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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.

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,