Bible Verses About Dressing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dressing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,185 votes, led by Deuteronomy 22:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dressing
Deuteronomy 22:5153 votes
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
1 Timothy 2:9144 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;
Leviticus 19:2874 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Isaiah 3:16-2674 votes
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
1 Corinthians 10:3163 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11:549 votes
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2048 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 14:2339 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 Timothy 2:9-1031 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 10:1329 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 3:1727 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Peter 3:3-426 votes
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Corinthians 6:9-1022 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
John 3:320 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:1120 votes
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Leviticus 20:1319 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Romans 1:26-2719 votes
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
John 3:1618 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.
2 Kings 9:3017 votes
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
Revelation 3:2017 votes
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Deuteronomy 22:1116 votes
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Daniel 3:2716 votes
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
Matthew 24:3516 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 12:2715 votes
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
John 8:5814 votes
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
What does the Bible say about dressing?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 22:5 on the subject of dressing. Across 1,185 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 2:9, Leviticus 19:28, Isaiah 3:16-26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.