Bible Verses about “piercings”

“What? 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?”

“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.”

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”

“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”

“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”

“And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.”

“[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;”

“Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.”

“¶ How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”

“¶ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”

“The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,”

“[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”

“For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”

“If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].”

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”

“And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

“In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon,”

“¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].”

“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”

“Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.”

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].”

“The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,”

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”

“Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”

“[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.”

“Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.”

“For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.”

“Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?”

“I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.”

“The rings, and nose jewels,”

“The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,”

“The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.”

“Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.”

“They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.”

“¶ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.”

“Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.”