Bible Verses About Honoring Your Body
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for honoring your body, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,475 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Honoring Your Body
1 Corinthians 6:19-20186 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 3:16-17153 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Galatians 5:19-2179 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Hebrews 4:1268 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Corinthians 6:1949 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 6:2046 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Galatians 5:1640 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Isaiah 53:1-1238 votes
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
1 Corinthians 10:3131 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 3:1629 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Romans 12:124 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.
Exodus 20:1223 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 3:923 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Romans 12:1023 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
1 Corinthians 6:1223 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Ephesians 5:422 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
1 Peter 2:1722 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Philippians 1:2021 votes
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Revelation 1:120 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:
Leviticus 19:2819 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 16:719 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Matthew 19:1919 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 Corinthians 6:12-2019 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1119 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Timothy 5:1718 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
What does the Bible say about honoring your body?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of honoring your body. Across 1,475 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Galatians 5:19-21, Hebrews 4:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.