Bible Verses About Getting a Tattoo
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for getting a tattoo, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 363 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 Getting a Tattoo
Leviticus 19:2854 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 6:19-2044 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 Corinthians 10:3131 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Deuteronomy 14:125 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.
1 Corinthians 6:1921 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 Kings 18:2818 votes
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Revelation 19:1617 votes
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
John 3:1616 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.
Romans 12:116 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 10:2313 votes
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Revelation 13:1-1813 votes
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Ephesians 5:1012 votes
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Joshua 1:911 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Romans 1:2411 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Revelation 14:1211 votes
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
John 3:16-1710 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.
1 Corinthians 3:16-1710 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 6:2010 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
2 Timothy 1:710 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Revelation 1:110 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about getting a tattoo?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:28 on the subject of getting a tattoo. Across 363 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Deuteronomy 14:1. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.