Bible Verses about “tattoos”
The Bible contains 11 verses about tattoos across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
“Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
“Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.”
“‹And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.›”
“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”
“¶ Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.”
“And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
“¶ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.”