Cleanliness

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

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

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will 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 the 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 with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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

You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself. — read the full passage →

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

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.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. — read the full passage →

You will know the truth, and the truth will 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; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness 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.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

“‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I 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.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

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

Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

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

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. — read the full passage →

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. — read the full passage →

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

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

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

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

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, 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 Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed 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 language 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 its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

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

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

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

“Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, — read the full passage →

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 looks toward the east; and it was shut. — read the full passage →

You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

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

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

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

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

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.

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.

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. — read the full passage →

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine. — read the full passage →

Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.

The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.” — read the full passage →

You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

“‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean. — read the full passage →