Bible Verses About Piercings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for piercings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 556 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
Leviticus 19:28120 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:1265 votes
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2062 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?
Leviticus 21:534 votes
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Deuteronomy 15:1727 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.
1 Corinthians 10:2327 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 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,
Psalms 139:1-2423 votes
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Romans 1:2423 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Ezekiel 8:1720 votes
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
1 Timothy 2:916 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 Samuel 16:715 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.
1 Corinthians 10:3115 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Deuteronomy 14:114 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.
Exodus 21:1-3613 votes
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
1 Kings 18:2813 votes
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Peter 3:3-413 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;
Proverbs 11:1710 votes
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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 Timothy 4:1-210 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
What does the Bible say about piercings?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:28 on the subject of piercings. Across 556 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ezekiel 16:12, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Leviticus 21:5. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.