Bible Verses About Cleanliness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for cleanliness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,902 votes, led by Isaiah 1:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Cleanliness
Isaiah 1:16292 votes
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Psalms 51:10205 votes
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51:7151 votes
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
2 Corinthians 7:1147 votes
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.
1 John 1:9131 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 5:8105 votes
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Deuteronomy 23:12-14101 votes
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Ezekiel 36:2597 votes
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.
1 John 1:797 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Leviticus 19:2893 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Matthew 23:2693 votes
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Philippians 4:881 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.
James 4:1767 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
John 7:2464 votes
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
1 Corinthians 14:4064 votes
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Mark 7:2-2358 votes
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Isaiah 1:1-3144 votes
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
John 8:3244 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Romans 14:1439 votes
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.
Proverbs 20:937 votes
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Hebrews 10:2236 votes
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.
Matthew 5:730 votes
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Romans 14:1-2329 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Revelation 19:828 votes
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Leviticus 18:2227 votes
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
What does the Bible say about cleanliness?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 1:16 on the subject of cleanliness. Across 2,902 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 51:10, Psalms 51:7, 2 Corinthians 7:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.