Bible Verses About Womens Dress
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for womens dress, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 318 votes, led by Deuteronomy 22:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Womens Dress
Deuteronomy 22:548 votes
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
1 Timothy 2:1-1522 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Corinthians 11:620 votes
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2018 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 Peter 3:1-2218 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Genesis 3:1-2412 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Exodus 28:4212 votes
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
Deuteronomy 22:1112 votes
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
1 Samuel 16:712 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.
Proverbs 6:2512 votes
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 11:16-2712 votes
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Proverbs 11:2212 votes
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Proverbs 31:1-3112 votes
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
Proverbs 31:2512 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:3012 votes
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Isaiah 61:212 votes
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isaiah 61:1012 votes
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Matthew 5:2812 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5:3012 votes
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Romans 12:1-212 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.
Romans 13:1412 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
What does the Bible say about womens dress?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 22:5 on the subject of womens dress. Across 318 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 2:1-15, 1 Corinthians 11:6, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.