Bible Verses about βcleansingβ
The Bible contains 46 verses about cleansing across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βAnd 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.β
βWhat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?β
βIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.β
βΒΆ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?β
ββΉBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.βΊβ
βThen when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.β
ββΉBe ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.βΊβ
βLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.β
βCome now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.β
βCreate in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.β
βAnd they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.β
βNot by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;β
βΒΆ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;β
βAnd when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.β
βIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:β
βTo what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.β
βYour new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].β
βThy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.β
βFrom the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.β
βBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.β
βWhy should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.β
βExcept the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.β
βAnd I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:β
βΒΆ 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.β
βΒΆ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.β
βThe ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.β
βAh sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.β
βYour country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.β
βAnd the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.β
βΒΆ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.β
βWhen ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?β
βBut if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].β
βΒΆ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.β
βThy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:β
βTherefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:β
βAnd I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.β
βZion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.β
βAnd the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.β
βFor they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.β
βFor ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.β
βAnd the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].β
βBut 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.β
βΒΆ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;β
βThe soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.β
ββΉNow ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.βΊβ
βΒΆ 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.β
