Cleanliness

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• Isaiah 1:16

  Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

• Psalms 51:10

  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

• Psalms 51:7

  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

• 2 Corinthians 7:1

  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.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• Matthew 5:8

  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

• 1 John 1:7

  But 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.

• Ezekiel 36:25

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

• Deuteronomy 23:12–14

  Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

• Matthew 23:26

  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

• 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.

• 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.

• James 4:17

  Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

• John 7:24

  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

• 1 Corinthians 14:40

  Let all things be done decently and in order.

• Mark 7:2–23

  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. …

• John 8:32

  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

• Isaiah 1:1–31

  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. 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. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. …

• Romans 14:14

  I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

• Proverbs 20:9

  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

• Hebrews 10:22

  Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

• Matthew 5:7

  Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

• Matthew 7:12

  Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

• Romans 14:1–23

  Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. …

• Leviticus 18:22

  Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

• Revelation 19:8

  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

• 2 Kings 5:12–14

  Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

• 1 Timothy 6:10

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:7

  For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

• Psalms 73:1

  A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

• Matthew 5:48

  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

• Esther 2:12

  Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

• Revelation 1:5

  And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

• John 13:10

  Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

• James 4:8

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

• John 15:3

  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

• Psalms 113:9

  He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• Revelation 1:1–20

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. …

• Ephesians 5:25–27

  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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