Bible Verses About Body Piercings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for body piercings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 524 votes, led by Leviticus 19:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Body Piercings
Leviticus 19:28111 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2072 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Deuteronomy 14:130 votes
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Exodus 21:628 votes
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
1 Timothy 2:928 votes
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Corinthians 10:3124 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 6:1920 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 14:2318 votes
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
1 Kings 18:2817 votes
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Leviticus 21:516 votes
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Deuteronomy 15:1716 votes
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Matthew 24:1216 votes
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Exodus 21:115 votes
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
Proverbs 11:1713 votes
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Isaiah 3:18-2313 votes
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
Galatians 3:23-2513 votes
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Ezekiel 16:1212 votes
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Romans 10:411 votes
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
1 Corinthians 6:2011 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Psalms 139:1410 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Matthew 6:1-3410 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
1 Corinthians 3:1710 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Philippians 4:810 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about body piercings?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:28 on the subject of body piercings. Across 524 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Deuteronomy 14:1, Exodus 21:6. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.