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.

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

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

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Then will I 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 that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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

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

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

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. — 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 by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing 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 full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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 hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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

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

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 for it; — read the full passage →

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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 everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

And, behold, there came 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 appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. — read the full passage →

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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

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

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

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

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. — read the full passage →

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

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

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

For though I be 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 Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach 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 judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

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

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

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men 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 a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord 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 profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward 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 when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

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

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought 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 make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. — read the full passage →

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

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

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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

In the third month, when 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 →

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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

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

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.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

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

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 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 God, 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; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. — read the full passage →

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. — read the full passage →