What Does the Bible Say About Cleansing The Body?

1 John 1:9 ESV / 115 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:7 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 69 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 53 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Titus 3:5 ESV / 44 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 39 helpful votes

That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Ezekiel 36:25 ESV / 32 helpful votes

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

John 3:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 28 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Jeremiah 33:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes

I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

John 1:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Daniel 1:12-13 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

Genesis 3:17-19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

John 14:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Philippians 2:2-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

Acts 23:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Luke 6:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Hosea 13:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

Proverbs 20:1-30 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. ...

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Isaiah 51:1-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him. For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. “Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples. My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait. ...

43 Bible Verses about Cleansing The Body

1 John 1:9 ESV / 115 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 114 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 51:7 ESV / 81 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 76 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 69 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 66 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 53 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:5 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 36:25 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 33:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 1:12-13 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:17-19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:2-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 23:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 13:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:1-30 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 51:1-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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