Bible Verses About Ear Piercing
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for ear piercing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,371 votes, led by Exodus 21:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ear Piercing
Exodus 21:6180 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.
Genesis 35:4165 votes
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Deuteronomy 15:17135 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.
Ezekiel 16:12120 votes
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Proverbs 25:12112 votes
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Hosea 2:13112 votes
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:993 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;
Exodus 32:2-377 votes
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Leviticus 19:2865 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Isaiah 3:2044 votes
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Deuteronomy 15:16-1743 votes
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Exodus 21:5-635 votes
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Isaiah 3:16-2332 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:
Isaiah 3:18-2326 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,
1 Corinthians 6:19-2024 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?
Isaiah 3:16-2120 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 Peter 3:3-420 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 6:1917 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 3:316 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;
Colossians 3:2013 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:11-1212 votes
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
1 Corinthians 3:1610 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
What does the Bible say about ear piercing?
Readers most often cite Exodus 21:6 on the subject of ear piercing. Across 1,371 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 35:4, Deuteronomy 15:17, Ezekiel 16:12. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.