Cleanliness

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: — read the full passage →

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

But let all things be done decently and in order.

and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands. — read the full passage →

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. — read the full passage →

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart.

Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: — read the full passage →

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. — read the full passage →

But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, — read the full passage →

Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. — read the full passage →

For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

But godliness with contentment is great gain:

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, — read the full passage →

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. — read the full passage →

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. — read the full passage →

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda. — read the full passage →

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. — read the full passage →

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth. — read the full passage →

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. — read the full passage →