Bible Verses About Cleansing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for cleansing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 686 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Cleansing
1 John 1:9107 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:783 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.
Titus 3:580 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Romans 12:260 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Corinthians 7:158 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.
Psalms 51:1036 votes
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
1 Corinthians 3:1629 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Galatians 5:2426 votes
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Ezekiel 18:2023 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Isaiah 1:1-3116 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 15:316 votes
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
James 1:1516 votes
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Matthew 5:3215 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5:4815 votes
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1 Corinthians 6:1915 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?
1 Peter 1:1315 votes
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Genesis 3:1913 votes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Exodus 20:1611 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
John 3:1611 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:611 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ezekiel 18:410 votes
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Matthew 6:3310 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Hebrews 13:410 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
What does the Bible say about cleansing?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of cleansing. Across 686 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 1:7, Titus 3:5, Romans 12:2. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.