Bible Verses of Holiness

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

Titus 2:3

Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

Titus 1:8

If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Romans 11:16

I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.

Romans 6:19

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.

Psalms 93:5

Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—

Psalms 89:35

Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?

Psalms 77:13

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

Psalms 29:2

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?

Psalms 24:3

“‘This is the law of the Nazirite who vows offerings to the Lord in accordance with their dedication, in addition to whatever else they can afford. They must fulfill the vows they have made, according to the law of the Nazirite.`”

Numbers 6:21

The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering; they are holy and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

Numbers 6:20

“‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.

Numbers 6:19

“‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication. They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

Numbers 6:18

He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship offering to the Lord, together with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 6:17

“‘The priest is to present all these before the Lord and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.

Numbers 6:16

together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and a basket of bread made with the finest flour and without yeast—thick loaves with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves brushed with olive oil.

Numbers 6:15

There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a fellowship offering,

Numbers 6:14

“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over. They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Numbers 6:13

They must rededicate themselves to the Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.

Numbers 6:12

The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.

Numbers 6:11

Then on the eighth day they must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Numbers 6:10

“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite`s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication, they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.

Numbers 6:9

Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

Numbers 6:8

Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

Numbers 6:7

“‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.

Numbers 6:6

“‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

Numbers 6:5

As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

Numbers 6:4

they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.

Numbers 6:3

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the Lord as a Nazirite,

Numbers 6:2

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.

Mark 6:20

“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

Luke 4:34

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Luke 1:75

Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the Lord, who made you holy

Leviticus 22:32

by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.`”

Leviticus 22:16

The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the Lord

Leviticus 22:15

“‘No one outside a priest`s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.

Leviticus 22:10

“‘The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.

Leviticus 22:9

He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:8

When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

Leviticus 22:7

The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

Leviticus 22:6

or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

Leviticus 22:5

“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,

Leviticus 22:4

“Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:3

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:2

yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.`”

Leviticus 21:23

He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;

Leviticus 21:22

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:21

or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

Leviticus 21:20

no man with a crippled foot or hand,

Leviticus 21:19

No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;

Leviticus 21:18

“Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:17

so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.`”

Leviticus 21:15

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 21:14

“‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:13

nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:12

He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

Leviticus 21:11

“‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.

Leviticus 21:10

Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.

Leviticus 21:8

“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

Leviticus 21:7

They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, they are to be holy.

Leviticus 21:6

“‘Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.

Leviticus 21:5

You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

Leviticus 20:26

“‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.

Leviticus 20:25

Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

Leviticus 20:8

“‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:7

“‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.`”

Leviticus 19:37

“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 19:2

I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

Leviticus 11:45

I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.

Leviticus 11:44

Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.

Leviticus 11:43

so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,

Leviticus 10:10

Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, because the Lord`s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

Leviticus 10:7

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: “‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.`” Aaron remained silent.

Leviticus 10:3

The commander of the Lord`s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Joshua 5:15

For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

John 17:19

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the Lord`s house.

Isaiah 52:11

Awake, awake, Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.

Isaiah 52:1

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.

Isaiah 35:8

The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.

Isaiah 8:13

Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 4:3

for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Hebrews 12:29

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 12:14

Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Hebrews 7:26

They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.

Ezekiel 48:14

The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals.

Ezekiel 44:31

No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

Ezekiel 44:21

“‘They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

Ezekiel 44:20

When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated through contact with their garments.

Ezekiel 44:19

They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

Ezekiel 44:18

“‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

Ezekiel 44:17

When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.

Ezekiel 39:27

From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.

Ezekiel 39:22

“I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them.

Ezekiel 39:21

All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 39:13

“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.

Ezekiel 39:7

And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.`

Ezekiel 38:23

Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.`”

Ezekiel 37:28

Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 4:14

Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.

Exodus 40:10

“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

Exodus 40:9