Bible Verses About Piercings and Tattoos
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for piercings and tattoos, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,097 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 Piercings and Tattoos
Leviticus 19:28255 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 6:19-20125 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 Timothy 2:976 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 3:1673 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 10:3171 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Deuteronomy 14:165 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 6:1954 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 12:149 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.
Revelation 19:1644 votes
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
1 Corinthians 10:2335 votes
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Isaiah 44:1-2830 votes
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Romans 14:2330 votes
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Isaiah 44:528 votes
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Proverbs 1:1-3322 votes
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
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;
Ezekiel 16:1219 votes
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Proverbs 1:315 votes
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Exodus 21:611 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.
Deuteronomy 6:1-2511 votes
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Deuteronomy 15:1711 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.
Proverbs 29:1811 votes
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Ezekiel 8:15-1711 votes
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Revelation 1:111 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:
Proverbs 11:14-1710 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1 Peter 3:310 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;
What does the Bible say about piercings and tattoos?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:28 on the subject of piercings and tattoos. Across 1,097 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Corinthians 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.