Bible Verses About Purity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for purity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 19,749 votes, led by Matthew 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Purity
Matthew 5:8949 votes
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Psalms 119:9765 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
1 Timothy 4:12587 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Hebrews 13:4578 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 6:18547 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Psalms 51:10535 votes
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5483 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 John 1:9464 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Galatians 5:19-21376 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Colossians 3:5367 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Romans 13:14357 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Philippians 4:8320 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Psalms 24:3-4278 votes
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Ephesians 5:5246 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8240 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
James 4:8233 votes
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Titus 1:15198 votes
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Titus 2:12195 votes
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
2 Corinthians 6:17-7:1188 votes
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
1 Timothy 5:22184 votes
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Corinthians 6:13176 votes
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Psalms 119:37171 votes
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Hebrews 13:18168 votes
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Ephesians 5:3163 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Titus 2:5144 votes
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
What does the Bible say about purity?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:8 on the subject of purity. Across 19,749 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 119:9, 1 Timothy 4:12, Hebrews 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.