Body piercings

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• Leviticus 19:28

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

• 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

  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.

• Deuteronomy 14:1

  Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

• 1 Timothy 2:9

  In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

• Exodus 21:6

  Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

• 1 Corinthians 10:31

  Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19

  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?

• Romans 14:23

  And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

• 1 Kings 18:28

  And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

• Deuteronomy 15:17

  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.

• Matthew 24:12

  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

• Leviticus 21:5

  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.

• Exodus 21:1

  Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

• Galatians 3:23–25

  But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

• Proverbs 11:17

  The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

• Isaiah 3:18–23

  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, The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, …

• Ezekiel 16:12

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

• Romans 10:4

  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

• 1 Corinthians 6:20

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

• Philippians 4:8

  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.

• Psalms 139:14

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

• Matthew 6:1–34

  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: …

• 1 Corinthians 3:17

  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.