35 Bible Verses About Sanctification
Sanctification is the soul’s ascent towards its true destiny, a divine sculpting of character and purpose. The scriptures reveal this profound process, not as a distant ideal, but as a vital, ongoing reality made possible by grace. Studying these verses opens our hearts and minds to the holy transformation God desires within us. They are the map and light guiding our steps towards greater conformity with Christ, inviting us into deeper holiness and fulfilling our ultimate calling. Embrace these scriptural insights; they are essential for spiritual maturity.
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If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
Sanctification in Scripture: Study God's Transformative Word
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
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.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
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.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
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.
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord’s.
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.
Let these scriptural witnesses to sanctification impress upon the soul the profound reality of the Christian life. It is not merely a state conferred, but a sacred journey, a continuous striving animated by divine grace. These verses unveil the Father's eternal purpose to set us apart, the Son's sacrificial work by which we are cleansed, and the Spirit's abiding presence enabling our daily transformation. Ponder the call to holiness not as an unattainable ideal, but as the essential unfolding of God's life within us. May the truths herein prompt diligent self-examination, fervent prayer, and resolute obedience, for it is by such persistent effort, empowered by Christ, that we are progressively molded into His likeness, fitting ourselves for that perfect union with the Holy One for which we were made.