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This collection has 19 Bible verses about purity — 4 from the Old Testament and 15 from the New Testament. Matthew appears most often (2 verses), across 17 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about purity? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about purity, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
"Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity."
"Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me."
"Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things."
"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 sanctification and honor, not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;"
"Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s."
"“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?"
"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;"
"Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
"Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure."
"But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;"
"Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers."
"Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;"
"Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God."
"But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh."
"Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:"
"Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully."
"Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”"
"but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."
This collection has 19 Bible verses about purity — 4 from the Old Testament and 15 from the New Testament. Matthew appears most often (2 verses), across 17 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about purity? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about purity, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Matthew 5:8 — “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
1 Timothy 4:12 — “Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”
Psalms 51:10 — “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.”
Full collection: 19 verses on this page (21% Old Testament, 79% New Testament).
This page curates 19 verses about purity from 17 books. Matthew is the most frequent source (2 verses). Scripture touches the theme in many places; these are the ones readers look up most often for study and encouragement.
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