Bible Verses About Personal Hygiene
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for personal hygiene, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,056 votes, led by Romans 12:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Personal Hygiene
Romans 12:1159 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 6:19116 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?
3 John 1:2115 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Corinthians 6:20107 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Deuteronomy 23:12-1393 votes
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
1 Peter 2:9-1041 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Leviticus 14:54-5740 votes
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
Leviticus 11:1-4727 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Samuel 19:2427 votes
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
Romans 14:1427 votes
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Genesis 1:3021 votes
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Deuteronomy 24:521 votes
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Psalms 127:120 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 Corinthians 7:120 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.
Titus 2:520 votes
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Philippians 4:1318 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Romans 1:1617 votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Isaiah 41:1015 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Amos 4:615 votes
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
John 3:1-3615 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Ruth 1:1-2214 votes
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Galatians 5:1914 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Deuteronomy 23:1212 votes
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Deuteronomy 20:10-1211 votes
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Galatians 2:2011 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
What does the Bible say about personal hygiene?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:1 on the subject of personal hygiene. Across 1,056 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19, 3 John 1:2, 1 Corinthians 6:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.