What Does the Bible Say About Holy Living?

1 Peter 1:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

Leviticus 19:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 29 helpful votes

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

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 27 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Romans 12:2 ESV / 15 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.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

1 John 1:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Titus 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 10:38-42 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

1 Corinthians 12:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 8 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Proverbs 3:5-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

Mark 16:15-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 4 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; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. ...

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

John 16:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

John 14:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Matthew 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

29 Bible Verses about Holy Living

1 Peter 1:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Titus 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 10:38-42 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 16:15-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 16:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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29 Bible Verses about Holy Living

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1 Peter 1:15 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 18 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Titus 2:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 10:38-42 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 36:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 16:15-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 16:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes